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Rural Survey 1997

South Africa, 1997
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zaf-statssa-rs-1997-v1.1
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    zaf-statssa-rs-1997-v1.1

    Title

    Rural Survey 1997

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Household Survey [hh]

    Series Information

    Statistics South Africa. Rural Survey 1997 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 1999. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/drd6-rw93

    Abstract

    The 1997 rural survey was designed to determine to what extent rural households in the former homelands had access to land and to income-generating activities. In addition the survey sought to obtain data on actual farming activities. The survey was the first of its kind undertaken by Statistics South Africa.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution

    Version Date

    1999

    Version Notes

    Version 1.1 is the data received from Statistics South Africa, with variable and value labels added by DataFirst

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected data on access to land, subsistence farming, sources of income, assistance and employment creation. Data was also collected on the relationship between income generation and the size of land, reasons for farming, as well as farm workers, paid and unpaid, unpaid family members working on farms, and workers paid in kind.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage but only of the former "homeland" areas

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is magisterial district

    Universe

    The survey covered households in the former "homelands" of South Africa

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Statistics South Africa

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The 1996 census sampling frame was used to select EAs for the 1997 Rural Survey but the survey was restricted to the former homeland areas, i.e. Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei (TBVC states); KaNgwane, KwaNdebele, KwaZulu, Gazankulu, Qwaqwa and Lebowa (self governing territories). A total of 600 enumeration areas (EAs) were drawn and 10 households were selected from each EA, yielding a sample of about 6 000 households. Sample selection was carried out independently in each stratum applying a two stage sampling procedure; a systematic sample of EAs followed by a systematic sample of households.Former homelands in six provinces were regarded as natural occurring strata and as a result Western Cape, Northern Cape and Gauteng were not part of the strata.

    Weighting

    Since the sample design was not necessarily a self-weighting design, weights had to be used. Two types of weights were calculated, namely, person weights and household weights. Household weights were calculated by using the reciprocal of the product of an EA inclusion probability and a household inclusion probability. Relative scaling was done on the household weight due to the changes in EA sizes in the 1996 census sample frame and to take into account the growth rate of the population from 1996 to 1997. Person weights were calculated by first post-stratifying the data by province (former homeland in a province) gender and 5 year age groups. The 1996 Census population figures were used as benchmarks for the post stratum. Since the target areas were former homelands, which are largely African areas, population group was a factor in the benchmarks.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start
    1997

    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

    Statistics South Africa. Rural Survey 1997 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 1999. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/drd6-rw93

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Copyright

    Copyright, Statistics South Africa

    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-rs-1997-v2

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

    2020-05-21

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 4

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