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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
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Jan 09, 2013
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • 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 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
    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 Access

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

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org

    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

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1
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