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Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2020

South Africa, 2020
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  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data Collection
  • Data appraisal
  • Data Access
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    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    zaf-statssa-lmdsa-2020-v1
    Title

    Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2020
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Labour Force Survey
    Abstract

    The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) is a household-based sample survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (StatsSA). It collects data on the labour market activities of individuals aged 15 years or older who live in South Africa. Since 2008, StatsSA have produced an annual dataset based on the QLFS data, "Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa". The dataset is constructed using data from all all four QLFS datasets in the year. The dataset also includes a number of variables (including income) that are not available in any of the QLFS datasets from 2010.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
    Version Date

    2020
    Version Notes

    Version 1 of the Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2020 was downloaded from Statistics South Africa on the 30th of January 2022.

    Scope

    Notes

    Individuals: labour market activity, labour preferences, labour market history, demographic characteristics, marital status, employment status, education, grants, tax, income.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage.
    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation is by Province.
    Universe

    The QLFS sample covers the non-institutional population except for those in workers' hostels. However, persons living in private dwelling units within institutions are enumerated. For example, within a school compound, one would enumerate the schoolmaster's house and teachers' accommodation because these are private dwellings. Students living in a dormitory on the school compound would, however, be excluded.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Statistics South Africa

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Each year the LMDSA is created by combining the QLFS waves for that year and then including some additional variables. The QLFS master frame for this LMDSA was based on the 2011 population census by Stas SA. The sampling is stratified by province, district, and geographic type (urban, traditional, farm). There are 3324 PSUs drawn each year, using probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling. In the second stage Dwelling Units (DUs) are systematically selected from PSUs. The 3324 PSU are split into four groups for the year, and at each quarter the DUs from the given group are replaced by substitute DUs from the same PSU or the next PSU on the list (in the same group). It should be noted that the sampling unit is the dwelling, and the unit of observation is the household. Therefore, if a household moves out of a dwelling after being in the sample for, two quarters and a new household moves in, the new household will be enumerated for two more quarters until the DU is rotated out. If no household moves into the sampled dwelling, the dwelling will be classified as vacant (or unoccupied).
    Weighting

    The sampling weights for the data collected from the sampled households are constructed in such a manner that the responses could be properly expanded to represent the entire civilian population of South Africa. The weights are the result of calculations involving several factors, including original selection probabilities, adjustment for non-response, and benchmarking to known population estimates from the Demography division of Stats SA. For more information see the metadata document. It appears as though Stats SA also calculated panel weights for the households that were repeatedly sampled across quarters. These are not released with this version of the LMDSA. Weighting adjustments were used for household non-response.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2020-01 2020-12
    Data Collection Notes

    Stats SA suspended face-to-face data collection for all its surveys on 19 March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and restricted movement. This was to ensure that the field staff and respondents were not exposed to the risk of contracting coronavirus and to contain its spread. It is, however, imperative that Stats SA continue to provide statistics on the South African labour market. In this regard, Stats SA changed the mode of collection for collecting QLFS data to Computer-assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI). To facilitate CATI, the sample that was used for QLFS Q1: 2020 was also used in Q2: 2020, Q3: 2020 and Q4: 2020.

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal

    The statistical release notes that missing values were "generally imputed" for item non-response but provides no detail on how Statistics SA did so.

    Data Access

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

    Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License
    Citation requirements

    Statistics South Africa. Labour Market Dynamics in South Africa 2020 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2020. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/q5zj-2z74

    Metadata production

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

    2022-05-31

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1
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