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Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000

South Africa, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo), South Africa Department of Labour
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Sep 15, 2013
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    Survey ID number

    ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M

    Title

    Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZAF
    Study type

    Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]

    Abstract

    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.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]

    Unit of Analysis

    Units of analysis in the survey include households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 01: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution

    Version Date

    2001

    Scope

    Notes

    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

    Geographic Coverage

    National coverage

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is enumerator area. The data is also at magisterial district level.

    Universe

    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

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo)
    South Africa Department of Labour
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Norwegian Development Agency Funding the study
    South African Department of Labour Funding the study

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    The questionnaires, which were administered during this survey, involved a household questionnaire as well as a RSI (Randomly Selected Individual) questionnaire

    Data collection

    Dates of 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
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    MarkData HSRC
    Data Collection Notes

    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

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za info@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public use files, accessible to all

    Citation requirements

    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

    Disclaimer

    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

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org/
    World Bank Microdata Library microdata@worldbank.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M

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

    2012-03-09

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 02 (August 2013). Edited from Version 01 DDI (ddi-zaf-datafirst-mlfs-1999-2000-v1) that was done by DataFirst.

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