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Employers and Self Employed Series 2001-2013

South Africa, 2001 - 2013
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zaf-datafirst-ess-2001-2013-v1.3
DOI
https://doi.org/10.25828/ag88-2j21
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Andrew Kerr
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Mar 24, 2015
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production
  • Citation

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-datafirst-ess-2001-2013-v1.3
    Title
    Employers and Self Employed Series 2001-2013
    Abbreviation or Acronym
    ESS 2001-2013
    Country
    Name
    South Africa
    Study type
    Enterprise/Establishment Survey [en]
    Series Information
    Kerr, Andrew. Employers and Self Employed Series 2001-2013 [dataset]. Version 1.3. Cape Town: DataFirst [producer], 2015. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ag88-2j21
    Abstract
    The Surveys of Employers and Self-Employed (SESE) are a set of surveys undertaken by Statistics South Africa in September 2001, September 2005, September 2009 and September 2013. These are surveys of non-VAT registered businesses in South Africa. The primary aim of these surveys is to obtain estimates of the size of value added in the informal sector for the compilation of the national accounts. Because no business register exists for businesses that are not registered for VAT, these businesses must be identified in another way. Stats SA identified non-VAT registered businesses through the Labour Force Surveys (in 2001 and 2005) and the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (in 2009 and 2013). Individuals who were surveyed in the (Q)LFSs and found to be running unregistered businesses were then targeted for enumeration in the SESE. The SESEs asked many detailed questions about the business run by the owner and enabled Stats SA to obtain value added in each unregistered business and thus an estimate for the whole unregistered economy.
    A stacked cross-sectional dataset - the Employers and Self-employed Series (ESS) - has been created by DataFirst from these four surveys and released publicly via the DataFirst web portal.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Establishments

    Version

    Version Description
    v1.3: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2015-02-10
    Version Notes
    Version 1.3 is the first release of the survey and the first version received by DataFirst.

    Scope

    Notes

    Statistics South Africa's Survey of Employers and Self Employed collected background data on small businesses and their operations, including their premises, the establishment of the business and start-up finance. Data was also collected on business production and the workforce, expenditure, capital and transport.

    Keywords
    Small Businesses Self-employed Informal Sector

    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 all non VAT-registered businesses in South Africa

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Andrew Kerr DataFirst
    Producers
    Name Role
    Statistics South Africa Producer of the original SESE datasets
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    Research Project on Employment, Income Distribution and Inclusive Growth REDI Funder

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2001 2013
    Data Collection Mode
    • Face-to-face [f2f]

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Kerr, Andrew. Employers and Self Employed Series 2001-2013 [dataset]. Version 1.3. Cape Town: DataFirst [producer], 2015. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2015. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ag88-2j21

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Support support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-04-15

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 3

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