Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000
South Africa, 1999 - 2000
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ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M
Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | ZAF |
Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]
The Mesebetsi labour Force Survey was undertaken to help fill some of the existing knowledge gaps with regard to the labour market in South Africa (Mesebetsi means "work" in Sesotho). The survey was a co-operation project of the Department of Labour and the Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo). Fafo was the implementing agency for the study and contracted MarkData (Pty) Ltd to conduct the fieldwork for the study. The Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey was a sample survey that was carried out in all parts of South Africa gathering information on employment and unemployment, education and training, working conditions and income in both urban and rural areas.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Units of analysis in the survey include households and individuals
Version
Version 01: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
2001
Scope
The survey focused on employment, demographics, and wages and covers all household members, i.e. about 50 000 individuals. A randomly selected person of working age in each household was inverviewed in more depth. Among other things, they were asked about work status, time period in (or outside) the labour market as well as basic conditions of employment, labour relations, wages, occupation and the organisation for whom they work (for those in employment).
Coverage
National coverage
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is enumerator area. The data is also at magisterial district level.
The representative sample was provided by the Department of Labour and Fafo and was designed to include the South African population of persons 15 years and older for the household section and 18 years and older for the individual RSI section.
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo) |
| South Africa Department of Labour |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Norwegian Development Agency | Funding the study |
| South African Department of Labour | Funding the study |
Survey instrument
The questionnaires, which were administered during this survey, involved a household questionnaire as well as a RSI (Randomly Selected Individual) questionnaire
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 1999-12-17 | Follow-up interviews for problem households/areas |
| 2000 | 2000 | Follow-up interviews for problem households/areas |
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| MarkData | HSRC |
Fieldwork started the 18th of October 1999 in most provinces, and on 20th October in KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. Fieldwork was completed on 17th December 1999. In January follow-up interviews were done in problem areas or areas that could not be accessed during the initial fieldwork period. Fieldwork for the follow-up interview was completed during January 2000.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za | info@data1st.org |
Public use files, accessible to all
Use of the dataset must be acknowledged using a citation which would include:
- the Identification of the Primary Investigator
- the title of the survey (including country, acronym and year of implementation)
- the survey reference number
- the source and date of download
Example:
South Africa Department of Labour and Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo). Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000. Ref. ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/catalogue3/index.php/catalog/288 on [date].
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | http://support.data1st.org/ |
| World Bank Microdata Library | microdata@worldbank.org |
Metadata production
DDI_ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | DDI Producer |
2012-03-09
Metadata version
Version 02 (August 2013). Edited from Version 01 DDI (ddi-zaf-datafirst-mlfs-1999-2000-v1) that was done by DataFirst.