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Income and Expenditure Survey 2000

South Africa, 2000
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zaf-statssa-ies-2000-v2
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Statistics South Africa
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South African Income Survey Data
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Access policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-statssa-ies-2000-v2
    Title
    Income and Expenditure Survey 2000
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
    Series Information

    Statistics South Africa. Income and Expenditure 2000 [dataset]. Version 2. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2007. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/wcyp-vf28

    Abstract

    The Income and Expenditure Survey is conducted every five years in South Africa.The main purpose of the survey is to determine the average expenditure patterns of households in different areas of the country. This survey forms the basis for the determination of the “basket” of consumer goods and services used for the calculation of the Consumer Price Index. The IES is based on the sample for the rotating panel of the twice yearly Labour force Survey (LFS). The IES 2000 was conducted in October 2000.

    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis
    The units of analysis in the survey are households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    Version 2: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution
    Version Date
    2007
    Version Notes

    Version 2 of the IES 2000 dataset is supplied with new weights from Statistics South Africa which have been aligned to 2001 population totals.

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey measures the detailed income and expenditure of households in South Africa

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    employment [3.1] CESSDA
    in-job training [3.2] CESSDA
    labour relations/conflict [3.3] CESSDA
    retirement [3.4] CESSDA
    unemployment [3.5] CESSDA
    working conditions [3.6] CESSDA
    LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3] CESSDA
    TRADE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS [2] CESSDA
    DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14] CESSDA
    agricultural, forestry and rural industry [2.1] CESSDA
    business/industrial management and organisation [2.2] CESSDA

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage

    Universe

    The survey covered all household members

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Statistics South Africa

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start
    2000-10
    Data Collection Notes

    Data was collected by means of an interview with the household head or a responsible adult and the questionnaire was completed by the enumerator during this interview. In cases where the household requested to complete the questionnaire themselves, it was dropped off by the enumerator, and the completed questionnaire was collected at a second visit.

    Access policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    CC-BY attribution only access and use license

    Citation requirements

    Statistics South Africa. Income and Expenditure 2000 [dataset]. Version 2. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2007. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/wcyp-vf28

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    ddi-zaf-datafirst-ies-2000-1.1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town

    Metadata Producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-03-29

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 2
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