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Durban Large Firm Survey 2002-2003

South Africa, 2002 - 2003
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zaf-sds-dlfs-2002-2003-v1
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School of Development Studies, Durban Unicity Council, World Bank, Bureau of Market Research
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Oct 15, 2012
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    Survey ID number

    zaf-sds-dlfs-2002-2003-v1

    Title

    Durban Large Firm Survey 2002-2003

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Enterprise/Establishment Survey [en]

    Series Information

    School of Development Studies, UKZN. Durban Large Firm Survey 2002-2003. [dataset]. Version 1. Durban: School of Development Studies [producers] 2006. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2016. DOI: https://doi.org.10.25828/kc27-fs74

    Abstract

    The Durban Large Firm Survey is the result of an agreement between the Durban Unicity Council and USAID in 2000 to fund a World Bank technically-supported survey of firms in the greater Durban region. The survey was managed by the University of KwaZulu-Natal's School of Development Studies (SDS ) and was conducted between May 2002 – April 2003.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Establishments

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution

    Version Date

    2006

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected general business data on the firm, and data on production, finances, purchasing, sales/marketing, business relations, human resources, and administrative/legal matters, as well as port-related data.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey covers the Durban metropolitan area of South Africa

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is area/suburb

    Universe

    The survey covered large manufacturing firms in the Durban metropolitan area of South Africa

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    School of Development Studies UKZN
    Durban Unicity Council
    World Bank
    Bureau of Market Research UNISA
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    United States Agency for International Development

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    To assist fieldworkers in selecting sample units (firms) the World Bank provided the Bureau of Market Research (BMR) at Unisa with various sample frames (listings of firm names). These sample frames were used to contact firms randomly by telephone in order to set up appointments with the managing directors, managers or owners of the firms. Because no sample frame is comprehensive enough to include all firms operating in the Durban Metropolitan Area, various sample frames had to be utilized. The study was constructed to stratify industry by type, employment size group and geographic area. The sample frames had some limitations in this regard: they lacked employment size group classifications and they had a limited number of firms for certain sectors and they showed geographic location problems. In some cases information on the firms was outdated.

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    Questionnaires

    The eight questionnaires for the survey covered the following topics:

    questionnaire 1: general issues (completed by md/ceo): General business information, economic policy environment, government's role in investment promotion and local economic development, corporate governance and ownership structure, parent company, corporate finance, interest rates, exports, imports and exchange rates, company tax rates, pdi (previously disadvantaged individual) participation in company ownership, future expectations, mergers/acquisitions
    questionnaire 2: production related issues (completed by production manager): Products manufactured, choice of location, capacity utilization, capital assets
    questionnaire 3: financial related issues (completed by financial manager)
    questionnaire 4: purchase related issues (completed by the purchasing manager): Business relations, purchase of raw materials, import duties and tariffs, import of raw materials,
    questionnaire 5: sales/marketing related issues (completed by sales/marketing manager): Business relations, membership of business associations, sources of information, sale of products, exports, business operations and profitability, government contracts,
    questionnaire 6: human resource related issues (completed by the hr manager): Recruitment, training, labour relations, labour market regulation, employment size and patterns, employees' transport infrastructure, labour cost and impact of HIV/AIDS
    questionnaire 7: administrative/legal related issues (completed by the administrative manager): Start-up licenses and permits, licensing and permits required to continue operations
    questionnaire 8: port related issues (completed by the shipping/export/marketing manager)

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2002-05 2003-04
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Bureau of Market Research UNISA

    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, available to all

    Citation requirements

    School of Development Studies, UKZN. Durban Large Firm Survey 2002-2003. [dataset]. Version 1. Durban: School of Development Studies [producers] 2006. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2016. DOI: https://doi.org.10.25828/kc27-fs74

    Contacts

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

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata Producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-05-14

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 6

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