Income and Expenditure Survey 1995

South Africa, 1995

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Reference ID

ZAF_1995_IES_v01_M

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Service

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

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Identification

Survey ID number

ZAF_1995_IES_v01_M

Title

Income and Expenditure Survey 1995

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Africa	ZAF

Study type

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

Abstract

A comprehensive survey was conducted by Central Statistical Service (later Statistics South Africa) in October 1995 in order to determine the income and expenditure of households in South Africa. This survey shows the earnings and spendings of South African households and the pattern of household consumption. The survey covered the metropolitan, urban and rural areas of South Africa. The main purpose of the survey was to determine the average expenditure patterns of households in the different areas concerned. 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.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Units of analysis in the survey includes households

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution

Version Date

1997-09-15

Scope

Notes

This survey provides data on the earnings and spending of South African households and household consumption

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1]	CESSDA
income, property and investment/saving [1.5]	CESSDA

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey had national coverage

Geographic Unit

The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is magisterial district.

Universe

The 1995 IES differed from previous household surveys of its kind in South Africa, since it was a countrywide survey covering metro, urban and rural areas, rather than a more limited sub-set of households in 12 major metro/urban areas of the country previously referred to. By extending the sample to include the whole country, a clearer indication of the life circumstances of all South Africans in all parts of the country could be inferred.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Central Statistical Service

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Two surveys, namely the CSS's annual October household survey (OHS) and the IES were run concurrently during October 1995. Information for the IES was obtained, as far as possible, from the same 30 000 households that were visited for the 1995 OHS. Altogether, 3 000 enumerator areas (EAs) were drawn for the sample, and ten households were visited in each EA. The sample was stratified by race, province, urban and non-urban area. The 1991 population census was used as a frame for drawing the sample, including estimates of the size of the population in the formerly independent TBVC (Transkei-Bophuthatswana-Venda-Ciskei) states.

More details on the sampling frame and sampling procedure are given in the report on the 1995 OHS, Living in South Africa (CSS, 1996).

Weighting

Data collected on households were raised to the estimated number of households in the country in the various provinces, according to the proportions found in urban and non-urban areas in the 1991 census.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
1995	1995

Data Collection Notes

Some sections refers to monthly expenditure (1-31 October 1995) while other refers to
annual expenditure (October 1994-October 1995). In tables where monthly
expenditure per item is reported, the monthly expenditure as supplied by the
households was multiplied by 12 to estimate annual expenditure.

Access policy

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

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.

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_1995_IES_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata producer

Date of Metadata Production

2012-01-31

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 01: Adopted from "ddi-zaf-ssa-ies-1995-1.1” DDI that was done by metadata producer mentioned in “Metadata Production” section.

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