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Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2011, Quarter 4

South Africa, 2011
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    zaf-statssa-qlfs-2011-q4-v1.1

    Title

    Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2011

    Subtitle

    Quarter 4

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]

    Series Information

    Statistics South Africa. Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2011: Q4 [dataset]. Version 1.0. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2011. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/zwb2-ha37

    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

    v1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution

    Version Date

    2012-02-07

    Version Notes

    This version, version 1.1, of the QLFS 2011 Q4 includes the new weights for the QLFS 2008-2013 series that was reweighted to reflect the new population benchmarks from Census 2011.

    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 labou 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
    2011-10 2011-12

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public use files, accessible to all

    Citation requirements

    Statistics South Africa. Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2011: Q4 [dataset]. Version 1.0. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2011. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/zwb2-ha37

    Contacts

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

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    ddi-zaf-datafirst-qlfs-2011-q4-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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