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Current Population Survey 1980

South Africa, 1980
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Reference ID
zaf-ds-cps-1980-v1
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics
Collections
Statistics South Africa
Metadata
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Created on
Aug 02, 2012
Last modified
May 06, 2020
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    zaf-ds-cps-1980-v1
    Title

    Current Population Survey 1980
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Household Survey [hh]
    Series Information

    Department of Statistics South Africa. Current Population Survey 1980 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Department of Statistics [producer], 1982. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ynb9-5690
    Abstract

    The Current Population Survey (CPS) was initiated by the South African Department of Statistics (now Statistics South Africa) in October 1977 to collect data on the "African" and "coloured" labour force in South Africa, excluding the Transkei and Bophuthatswana. The CPS draws data from a sample of nearly 10 000 dwellings.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution
    Version Notes

    This version, version 1 of the Current Population Survey 1980 was obtained by DataFirst in July 2012.

    Scope

    Notes

    The Current Population Survey collected labour market data for "African" and "Coloured" South Africans. Data was collected on employment and unemployment (including reasons for not working), occupation, industry and income (salary/wage data only).
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    employment [3.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    unemployment [3.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage
    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the CPS data is town
    Universe

    The survey covered "African" and "Coloured" households in South Africa

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Department of Statistics Government of South Africa

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start
    1980-10
    Time periods
    Start date
    1980-10

    Data Access

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

    Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions
    Citation requirements

    Department of Statistics South Africa. Current Population Survey 1980 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Department of Statistics [producer], 1982. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ynb9-5690

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    ddi-zaf-datafirst-cps-1980-v1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-04-06

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2
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