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Income and Expenditure Survey 1990

South Africa, 1990 - 1991
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Reference ID
ZAF_1990_IES_v01_M
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa)
Collection(s)
DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa
Metadata
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Aug 26, 2013
Last modified
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    ZAF_1990_IES_v01_M
    Title

    Income and Expenditure Survey 1990
    Country/Economy
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZAF
    Study type

    Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
    Abstract
    In 1990 the Central Statistical Service of South Africa sponsored a household expenditure survey in a sub-set of households in 12 major metro/urban areas in the country. The aim of the survey was to obtain data on income and expenditure patterns of South African households on which the Consumer Price Index (CPS) and various other economic indicators could be based. The survey was conducted by Markdata, the fieldwork arm of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). All population groups were enumerated but this dataset does not contain data files for the "white" population group.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data [ssd]
    Unit of Analysis

    Units of analysis in the survey includes households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution
    Version Date

    2012
    Version Notes

    Version 1 of the IES 1990 was received from the Central Statistics Service (now Statistics South Africa) by Dr Peter Moll of the World Bank in 1992. This version was provided to DataFirst in 2012.
    Version 1.1 has variable labels added by DataFirst. Note there is no data file for the "white" population group, as this was not provided to DataFirst.

    Scope

    Notes

    This survey provides data on the household earnings and spending of South African households in the 12 largest urban areas in South Africa
    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    consumption/consumer behaviour [1.1] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common
    income, property and investment/saving [1.5] CESSDA http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The IES 1990 only collected data on expenditure from the 12 largest urban areas in the country, leaving out buying patters in small towns and rural areas.
    Areas enumerated were: Cape Peninsula, Port Elizabeth- Uitenhage, East London, Kimberley, Pietermaritz burg, Durban, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Witwatersrand (excl Jhb), Klerksdorp, Vaal Triangle, Orange Free State-Gold Fields, Bloemfontein.
    Geographic Unit

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

    The survey covered all household members in the selected areas

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa)

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    Two survey instruments were provided in the IES 1990: A detailed "long" questionnaire and a "short" questionnaire without detailed classification of expenditure items. The "short" questionnaire was completed by two out of three households enumerated. The "short" and "long" questionnaires are identified separately in the variable q_type. "Long" questionnaires are indicated as questionnaire = 1 and "short' questionnaires as questionnaire = 2.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1990 1991
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Markdata Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

    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

    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

    Example:

    Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa). Income and Expenditure Survey 1990. Ref. ZAF_1990_IES_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/catalogue3/index.php/catalog on [date].

    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 Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org/
    World Bank Microdata Library microdata@worldbank.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ZAF_1990_IES_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2012-10-25

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 02 (July 2013). Edited from Version 01 DDI (ddi-zaf-ssa-ies-1990-v1) that was done by DataFirst.
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