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Income and Expenditure Survey 2010-2011

South Africa, 2010 - 2011
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zaf-statssa-ies-2010-2011-v1
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Statistics South Africa
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Statistics South Africa African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research
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    Survey ID number

    zaf-statssa-ies-2010-2011-v1

    Title

    Income and Expenditure Survey 2010-2011

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Income/Expenditure Survey [hh/ies]

    Series Information

    Statistics South Afrca. Income and Expenditure Survey 2010-2011 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2012. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/00c9-rz92

    Abstract

    The Income and Expenditure Survey is conducted every five years in South Africa.The main purpose of the survey is to determine the average expenditure patterns of households in different areas of the country. 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.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Households

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution.

    Version Date

    2012-11-06

    Scope

    Notes

    A household questionnaire was administered to collect data on the composition and structure of the household and data on all household members. Data was also collected on household expenditure on education, health, dwellings and services, clothing, footwear, expenditure when away from home, domestic workers, furniture, computers and telecommunications equipment and transport. Data on household income, finance and banking was also collected by means of the household questionnaire. Weekly diaries allowed the household to track household expenditure on weekly basis for the survey period.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage.

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation for the data is province.

    Universe

    The survey covered private dwellings, workers' hostels, residential hotels, and nurses' and doctors' quarters, but excluded hospitals and clinics, hotels and guest houses, prisons, schools and student hostels and old-age homes.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Statistics South Africa

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The sampling frame for the IES 2010/2011 was obtained from Statistics South Africa’s Master Sample (MS) based on the 2001 Population Census enumeration areas (EAs). The scope of the Master Sample (MS) is national coverage of all households in South Africa and the target population consists of all qualifying persons and households in the country. In summary, it has been designed to cover all households living in private dwelling units and workers living in workers’ quarters in the country. The IES 2010/2011 sample is based on an extended sample of 3 254 PSUs, which consists of the 3 080 PSUs in the Master Sample and a supplement of 174 urban PSUs selected from the PSU frame. The IES sample file contained 31 419 sampled dwelling units (DUs). The 31 419 sampled DUs consist of 31 007 DUs sampled from the 3 080 design PSUs in the Master Sample and 412 DUs from the supplemented 174 urban PSUs. In the case of multiple households at a sampled DU, all households in the DU were included.

    Response Rate

    From the 31 419 dwelling units sampled across South Africa, 33 420 households were identified. Out of these, there was a sample realisation of 27 665 (82,8%) households, with the remaining 5 755 (17,2%) households being classified as out of scope.

    Weighting

    For details on weights in the survey refer to the SSA report Income and expenditure of households 2010/2011 Metadata (Report No. P0100)

    survey_instrument

    Questionnaires

    There were four modules in the household questionnaire with eighteen subsections. The first module collected general household data and data on household members. Modules 2 to 4 collected data on consumption expenditure, household finances and income. The diary was a booklet in which the respondent recorded weekly expenditure data. A household completed a different diary for each week of the survey period.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2010-09 2011-08
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face [f2f]
    Data Collection Notes

    The IES 2010-2011 collected data by means of a household questionnaire and weekly diaries. A household was in a sample for a period of four weeks. The survey instruments were administered in stages at different visits during the four weeks of data collection. A module was administered at the beginning of each week.

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal

    All continous household income and expenditure data collected during the Income and Expenditure Survey 2010-2011 are contained in the Total IES data file. The household data file contains only categorical variables. For example, expenditure data on electricity collected with the questions in sub-section 5.7 of the questionnaire will be found in the "Total_IES" data file under the COICOP codes 04511010, 04511110, 04404500. This is explained under "Data Organisation" on page 6 of the metadata record for the IES 2010 2011, which documents how the data files are organised and the variables in each data file.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://support.datat1st.org support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Licensed use files, available for non-commercial use only

    Citation requirements

    Statistics South Afrca. Income and Expenditure Survey 2010-2011 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2012. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/00c9-rz92

    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-ies-2010-2011-v1

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

    2024-05-22

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 6

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