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Current Population Survey 1980

South Africa, 1980
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Reference ID
ZAF_1980_CPS_v01_M
Producer(s)
South Africa. Department of Statistics
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jan 09, 2013
Last modified
May 05, 2014
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Identification

Survey ID Number
ZAF_1980_CPS_v01_M
Title
Current Population Survey 1980
Country/Economy
Name Country code
South Africa zaf
Study type
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Abstract
The Current Population Survey (CPS) was initiated by the South African Department of Statistics (now Statistics South Africa) in October 1977 to collect data on the "African" and "coloured" labour force in South Africa, excluding the Transkei and Bophuthatswana. The CPS draws data from a sample of nearly 10 000 dwellings.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Unit of Analysis
Units of analysis in the survey include households and individuals

Version

Version Description
v1: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution
Version Notes
This version, version 1 of the Current Population Survey 1980 was obtained by DataFirst in July 2012.

Scope

Notes
The Current Population Survey collected labour market data for "African" and "Coloured" South Africans. Data was collected on employment and unemployment (including reasons for not working), occupation, industry and income (salary/wage data only).
Topics
Topic Vocabulary URI
employment [3.1] CESSDA Link
unemployment [3.5] CESSDA Link

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
The survey had national coverage
Geographic Unit
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the CPS data is town
Universe
The survey covered "African" and "Coloured" households in South Africa

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
South Africa. Department of Statistics

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start
1980-10
Time periods
Start date
1980-10
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]

Access policy

Contacts
Name Email URL
DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org Link
Access conditions
Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions
Citation requirements
South Africa. Department of Statistics. Current Population Survey 1980 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Department of Statistics [producer], 1982. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012.
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org Link

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.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
DDI_ZAF_1980_CPS_v01_M
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2012-08-02
DDI Document version
Version 1
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