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Current Population Survey 1980

South Africa, 1980
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
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South Africa. Department of Statistics
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Identification

IDNO
ZAF_1980_CPS_v01_M
Title
Current Population Survey 1980
Countries
Name Code
South Africa zaf
Study notes
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]

Version

Version
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

Topics
Topic Vocab metadata.study_desc.study_info.topics.uri
employment [3.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
unemployment [3.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

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

Producers and sponsors

Authoring entity
Name
South Africa. Department of Statistics

Data Collection

Dates of collection
Start
1980-10
Time period(s)
Start
1980-10
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]

Data access

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

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

Contact(s)
Name Email URI
DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org

Metadata production

IDNo
DDI_ZAF_1980_CPS_v01_M
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
Production date
2012-08-02
Version
Version 1
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