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October Household Survey 1993

South Africa, 1993
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Data appraisal
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    zaf-statssa-ohs-1993-v1.1
    Title

    October Household Survey 1993
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Household Survey [hh]
    Series Information

    Central Statistical Service. October Household Survey 1993 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa) [producer], 1994. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/mpdt-9104
    Abstract

    The October Household Survey 1993 is the first of annual sample surveys by the Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa) that collected population, household and employment and migration data for South Africa. The purpose of the survey was primarily to fill the gap that resulted from the suspension of the Current Population Survey (CPS). It was the first time that a comprehensive household survey had been undertaken by the CSS for the total population of South Africa, but still excludes the TBVC States.
    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

    1994
    Version Notes

    Version 1 of the dataset was shared by DataFirst since 2001. Data files in version 1 of the dataset did not have matching household IDs.
    Version 1.1 was obtained from Statistics South Africa (SSA) in 2009. This version has matching household IDs for the person and births data files. The Household and Death data files in version 1.1 of the dataset provided by SSA are still without household IDs. All data files in version 1.1 of the dataset have had variable and value labels added where these were missing.

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the OHS includes: employment, unemployment, informal sector, internal migration, services available by type of dwelling, access to health and social services, safety and well-bring of household, households by average household size and type of dwelling, level of education, quality of life, health statistics, vital statistics.
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    censuses [14.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    fertility [14.2] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    migration [14.3] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    morbidity and mortality [14.4] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    employment [3.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    unemployment [3.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage.
    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation is development region (province).
    Universe

    The survey covered households and household members in households in development areas that correspond to the nine provinces of South Africa. The survey included the "self-governing territories", but excluded the TBVC states (Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda and Ciskei).

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Statistics South Africa

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    A stratified multi-stage cluster sample was used for the OHS. The size and geographical distribution of the population were taken into account in stratifying according to population group and development region (urban and non-urban). The self-governing territories were included in the sample as additional strata. Depending on the size of each stratum, between 20 and 50 enumerator areas (EAs) were drawn at random for inclusion in the sample. Within each EA a cluster of 30 households was drawn at random. Altogether 30300 households in 1010 EAs (Blacks 530 + Coloureds 140 + Asians 100 + Whites 240) were included in the sample.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1993-09 1993-11

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal

    The 1993 October Household Survey dataset has four data files: births, deaths, persons, and households. The variable uniqnum is the household ID. This variable is missing from the household (House) file and the Deaths files.

    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

    Central Statistical Service. October Household Survey 1993 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa) [producer], 1994. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/mpdt-9104

    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-ohs-1993-v1.3
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata Producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-04-02

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2
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