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Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000

South Africa, 1999 - 2000
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zaf-fafo-mlfs-1999-2000-v1
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Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo), South African Department of Labour
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • survey_instrument
  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    zaf-fafo-mlfs-1999-2000-v1
    Title

    Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Labour Force Survey [hh/lfs]
    Series Information

    Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo). Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000 [dataset]. Version 1. Oslo: Fafo [producer], 2000. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2010.DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/xeea-g821
    Abstract

    The Mesebetsi labour Force Survey was undertaken to help fill some of the existing knowledge gaps with regard to the labour market in South Africa (Mesebetsi means "work" in Sesotho). The survey was a co-operation project of the Department of Labour and the Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo). Fafo was the implementing agency for the study and contracted MarkData (Pty) Ltd to conduct the fieldwork for the study. The Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey was a sample survey that was carried out in all parts of South Africa gathering information on employment and unemployment, education and training, working conditions and income in both urban and rural areas.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date

    2001

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey focused on employment, demographics, and wages and covers all household members, i.e. about 50 000 individuals. A randomly selected person of working age in each household was inverviewed in more depth. Among other things, they were asked about work status, time period in (or outside) the labour market as well as basic conditions of employment, labour relations, wages, occupation and the organisation for whom they work (for those in employment).
    Keywords
    labour employment wages occupation work

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage
    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation for the data is magisterial district.
    Universe

    The representative sample was provided by the Department of Labour and Fafo and was designed to include the South African population of persons 15 years and older for the household section and 18 years and older for the individual RSI section

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo)
    South African Department of Labour
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Norwegian Development Agency Funder
    South African Department of Labour Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    There are five strata:

    1. Urban, small EA’s
    2. Rural, small EA’s
    3. Urban, large EA’s
    4. Rural, large EA’s
    5. “O population” EA’s

    A sample size of 11 was allocated to small urban, rural and the “O population” EA’s. The sample for large, urban EA’s was 19, and for large, rural EA’s it was 18.

    A total sample of 11376 was proposed with over-sampling

    survey_instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaires, which were administered during this survey, involved a household questionnaire as well as a RSI (Randomly Selected Individual) questionnaire

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    1999-10-18 2000-01-25
    1999-10-18 1999-12-17 Initial Fieldwork
    1999 2000 Follow-up interviews for problem households/areas
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    MarkData HSRC
    Data Collection Notes

    Fieldwork started the 18th of October 1999 in most provinces, and on 20th October in KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. Fieldwork was completed on 17th December 1999. In January follow-up interviews were done in problem areas or areas that could not be accessed during the initial fieldwork period. Fieldwork for the follow-up interview was completed during January 2000.

    Data Access

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

    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements

    Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo). Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000 [dataset]. Version 1. Oslo: Fafo [producer], 2000. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2010.DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/xeea-g821

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Copyright

    Copyright, Fafo

    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-mlfs-1999-2000-v1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town DDI Producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-04-23

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2
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