Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2010, Quarter 3

South Africa, 2010

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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2010-q3-v2.1

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Statistics South Africa

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South African Labour Force Survey Data

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Jul 06, 2012

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zaf-statssa-qlfs-2010-q3-v2.1

Title

Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2010

Subtitle

Quarter 3

Country

Name	Country code
South Africa	zaf

Study type

Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]

Series Information

Statistics South Africa. Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2010: Q3 [dataset]. Version 2.0. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2010. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/cexj-a324

Abstract

The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) is a household-based sample survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). It collects data on the labour market activities of individuals aged 15 years or older who live in South Africa.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Individuals

Version

Version Description

v2.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution

Version Date

2010-10-26

Version Notes

Version 2.0 of the QLFS 2010 Q3 was downloaded from the Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) website by DataFirst in January 2012. This version differs slightly from a version released on CD and sent to DataFirst at some stage prior. These differences are limited to the inclusion of a few variables in the recently downloaded version:

1) "Q47B2Maternity" - Maternity/paternity leave ("Are you entitled to any maternity/paternity leave?")
2) "Stratum" - 6 digit number representing stratum formed during master sample 2006 where digit 1 represents province, based on 2005 provincial boundaries, digits 2-3 represent the metro/non-metro area and digit 4 confers geography type.
3) "Metro_code" - Metropolitan area code (e.g. Cape Town, eThekwini, Johannesburg, etc.)

A new version of this dataset was released in 2014. The new version (our version 2.1) was reweighted to reflect the new population benchmarks from Census 2011.

This version, version 2.1, includes the new weights for the QLFS 2008-2013 series.

Scope

Notes

INDIVIDUALS: labour market activity, labour preferences, labour market history, demographic characteristics, marital status, employment status, education, grants, tax.

Keywords

Employment in-job training labour relations/conflict retirement unemployment working conditions labour and employment trade, industry and markets demography and population.

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage

Geographic Unit

Provincial and metropolitan level

Universe

The QLFS sample covers the non-institutional population except for those in workers' hostels. However, persons living in private dwelling units within institutions are enumerated. For example, within a school compound, one would enumerate the schoolmaster's house and teachers' accommodation because these are private dwellings. Students living in a dormitory on the school compound would, however, be excluded.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Statistics South Africa

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

The QLFS frame has been developed as a general purpose household survey frame that can be used by all other household surveys irrespective of the sample size requirement of the survey. The sample size for the QLFS is roughly 30 000 dwellings per quarter.

The sample is based on information collected during the 2001 Population Census conducted by Stats SA. In preparation for the 2001 Census, the country was divided into 80 787 enumeration areas (EAs). Stats SA's household-based surveys use a Master Sample of Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) which comprises of EAs that are drawn from across the country.

The sample is designed to be representative at the provincial level and within provinces at the metro/non-metro level. Within the metros, the sample is further distributed by geography type. The four geography types are: urban formal, urban informal, farms and tribal. This implies, for example, that within a metropolitan area the sample is representative at the different geography types that may exist within that metro.

The current sample size is 3 080 PSUs. It is divided equally into four sub-groups or panels called rotation groups. The rotation groups are designed in such a way that each of these groups has the same distribution pattern as that which is observed in the whole sample. They are numbered from one to four and these numbers also correspond to the quarters of the year in which the sample will be rotated for the particular group.

The sample for the QLFS is based on a stratified two-stage design with probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling of primary sampling units (PSUs) in the first stage, and sampling of dwelling units (DUs) with systematic sampling in the second stage.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2010-07	2010-09

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Access authority

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

Access conditions

Public use files, accessible to all

Citation requirements

Disclaimer and copyrights

Contacts

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

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

Ddi-zaf-datafirst-qlfs-2010-q3-v2

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	DDI Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2020-03-30

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 3

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