{"doc_desc":{"title":"October Household Survey 1993","idno":"ddi-zaf-datafirst-ohs-1993-v1.3","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata Producer"}],"prod_date":"2020-04-02","version_statement":{"version":"Version 2"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zaf-statssa-ohs-1993-v1.1","title":"October Household Survey 1993","alt_title":"OHS 1993"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Statistics South Africa","affiliation":""}],"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst Helpdesk","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/support.data1st.org\/"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Household Survey [hh]","series_info":"Central Statistical Service. October Household Survey 1993 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa) [producer], 1994. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/mpdt-9104"},"version_statement":{"version":"v1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution","version_date":"1994","version_notes":"Version 1 of the dataset was shared by DataFirst since 2001. Data files in version 1 of the dataset did not have matching household IDs. \nVersion 1.1 was obtained from Statistics South Africa (SSA) in 2009. This version has matching household IDs for the person and births data files. The Household and Death data files in version 1.1 of the dataset provided by SSA are still without household IDs. All data files in version 1.1 of the dataset have had variable and value labels added where these were missing."},"study_info":{"topics":[{"topic":"censuses [14.1]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"fertility [14.2]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"migration [14.3]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"morbidity and mortality [14.4]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"employment [3.1]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"unemployment [3.5]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"The October Household Survey 1993 is the first of annual sample surveys by the Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa) that collected population, household and employment and migration data for South Africa. The purpose of the survey was primarily to fill the gap that resulted from the suspension of the Current Population Survey (CPS). It was the first time that a comprehensive household survey had been undertaken by the CSS for the total population of South Africa, but still excludes the TBVC States.","coll_dates":[{"start":"1993-09","end":"1993-11","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"zaf"}],"geog_coverage":"The survey had national coverage.","geog_unit":"The lowest level of geographic aggregation is development region (province).","analysis_unit":"Households and individuals","universe":"The survey covered households and household members in households in development areas that correspond to the nine provinces of South Africa. The survey included the \"self-governing territories\", but excluded the TBVC states (Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei).","data_kind":"Sample survey data","notes":"The scope of the OHS includes: employment, unemployment, informal sector, internal migration, services available by type of dwelling, access to health and social services, safety and well-bring of household, households by average household size and type of dwelling, level of education, quality of life, health statistics, vital statistics."},"method":{"data_collection":{"sampling_procedure":"A stratified multi-stage cluster sample was used for the OHS. The size and geographical distribution of the population were taken into account in stratifying according to population group and development region (urban and non-urban). The self-governing territories were included in the sample as additional strata. Depending on the size of each stratum, between 20 and 50 enumerator areas (EAs) were drawn at random for inclusion in the sample. Within each EA a cluster of 30 households was drawn at random. Altogether 30300 households in 1010 EAs (Blacks 530 + Coloureds 140 + Asians 100 + Whites 240) were included in the sample.","coll_mode":"Face-to-face [f2f]"},"analysis_info":{"data_appraisal":"The 1993 October Household Survey dataset has four data files: births, deaths, persons, and households. The variable uniqnum is the household ID. This variable is missing from the household (House) file and the Deaths files."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/www.datafirst.uct.ac.za"}],"cit_req":"Central Statistical Service. October Household Survey 1993 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa) [producer], 1994. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/mpdt-9104","conditions":"Public use files, available to all"}}},"schematype":"survey"}