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Income and Expenditure Survey 1995

South Africa, 1995
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zaf-css-ies-1995-v1
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  • Identification
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  • Scope
  • Coverage
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  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
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  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    zaf-css-ies-1995-v1
    Title

    Income and Expenditure Survey 1995
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Income/Expenditure Survey [hh/ies]
    Series Information

    Central Statistical Service. Income and Expenditure Survey 1995 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Central Statistical Service [producer], 1997. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/hzye-vh37
    Abstract

    A comprehensive survey was conducted by Central Statistical Service (later Statistics South Africa) in October 1995 in order to determine the income and expenditure of households in South Africa. This survey shows the earnings and spendings of South African households and the pattern of household consumption. The survey covered the metropolitan, urban and rural areas of South Africa. The main purpose of the survey was to determine the average expenditure patterns of households in the different areas concerned. This survey forms the basis for the determination of the "basket" of consumer goods and services used for the calculation of the Consumer Price Index. The 1995 IES differed from previous household surveys of its kind in South Africa, since it was a countrywide survey covering metro, urban and rural areas, rather than a more limited sub-set of households in 12 major metro/urban areas of the country covered by the 1990 IES.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution
    Version Date

    1997-09-15

    Scope

    Notes

    This survey provides data on the earnings and spending of South African households and household consumption
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    income, property and investment/saving [1.5] 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 data is magisterial district.
    Universe

    The 1995 IES differed from previous household surveys of its kind in South Africa, since it was a countrywide survey covering metro, urban and rural areas, rather than a more limited sub-set of households in 12 major metro/urban areas of the country previously referred to. By extending the sample to include the whole country, a clearer indication of the life circumstances of all South Africans in all parts of the country could be inferred.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Central Statistical Service Government of South Africa

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Two surveys, namely the CSS’s annual October household survey (OHS) and the IES were run concurrently during October 1995. Information for the IES was obtained, as far as possible, from the same 30 000 households that were visited for the 1995 OHS. Altogether, 3 000 enumerator areas (EAs) were drawn for the sample, and ten households were visited in each EA. The sample was stratified by race, province, urban and non-urban area. The 1991 population census was used as a frame for drawing the sample, including estimates of the size of the population in the formerly independent TBVC (Transkei-Bophuthatswana-Venda-Ciskei) states.
    More details on the sampling frame and sampling procedure are given in the report on the 1995 OHS, Living in South Africa (CSS, 1996).
    Weighting

    Data collected on households were raised to the estimated number of households in the country in the various provinces, according to the proportions found in urban and non-urban areas in the 1991 census.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1995-10 1995-10
    Data Collection Notes

    Some sections of the questionnaire refer to monthly expenditure (1-31 October 1995) while others refer to annual expenditure (October 1994-October 1995). In tables where monthly
    expenditure per item is reported, the monthly expendituresupplied by the households was multiplied by 12 to estimate annual expenditure.

    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 use files, available for non-commercial use only
    Citation requirements

    Central Statistical Service. Income and Expenditure Survey 1995 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Central Statistical Service [producer], 1997. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2011. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/hzye-vh37

    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-ssa-ies-1995-1.1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-04-29

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 4
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