Income and Expenditure Survey 2000

South Africa, 2000

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Reference ID

ZAF_2000_IES_v01_M

Producer(s)

Statistics South Africa

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

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Jan 27, 2012

Last modified

May 01, 2014

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Identification

Survey ID number

ZAF_2000_IES_v01_M

Title

Income and Expenditure Survey 2000

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Africa	zaf

Study type

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

Abstract

The Income and Expenditure Survey is conducted every five years in South Africa.The main purpose of the survey is to determine the average expenditure patterns of households in different areas of the country. This survey forms the basis for the determination of the “basket” of consumer goods and services used for the calculation of the Consumer Price Index. The IES is based on the sample for the rotating panel of the twice yearly Labour force Survey (LFS). The IES 2000 was conducted in October 2000.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

The units of analysis in the survey are households and individuals

Version

Version Description

Version 2: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution

Version Date

2007

Version Notes

Version 2 of the IES 2000 dataset is supplied with new weights from Statistics South Africa which have been aligned to 2001 population totals.

Scope

Notes

The survey measures the detailed income and expenditure of households in South Africa

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
employment [3.1]	CESSDA
in-job training [3.2]	CESSDA
labour relations/conflict [3.3]	CESSDA
retirement [3.4]	CESSDA
unemployment [3.5]	CESSDA
working conditions [3.6]	CESSDA
LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3]	CESSDA
TRADE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS [2]	CESSDA
DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14]	CESSDA
agricultural, forestry and rural industry [2.1]	CESSDA
business/industrial management and organisation [2.2]	CESSDA

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey had national coverage

Universe

The survey covered all household members

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Statistics South Africa

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start
2000-10

Data Collection Notes

Data was collected by means of an interview with the household head or a responsible adult and the questionnaire was completed by the enumerator during this interview. In cases where the household requested to complete the questionnaire themselves, it was dropped off by the enumerator, and the completed questionnaire was collected at a second visit.

Access policy

Access conditions

Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions

Citation requirements

Statistics South Africa. 2007. Income and Expenditure 2000 [dataset]. Version 2. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa [producer], 2007. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2011.

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL	Email
DataFirst	University of Cape Town		info@data1st.org

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

Name	Affiliation	Email	URL
DataFirst Helpdesk	University of Cape Town	support@data1st.org

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_2000_IES_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2012-10-26

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 1.1

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