Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000

South Africa, 1999 - 2000

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Reference ID

ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo), South Africa Department of Labour

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

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Aug 26, 2013

Last modified

May 01, 2014

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Identification

Survey ID number

ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M

Title

Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Africa	ZAF

Study type

Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs]

Abstract

The Mesebetsi labour Force Survey was undertaken to help fill some of the existing knowledge gaps with regard to the labour market in South Africa (Mesebetsi means "work" in Sesotho). The survey was a co-operation project of the Department of Labour and the Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo). Fafo was the implementing agency for the study and contracted MarkData (Pty) Ltd to conduct the fieldwork for the study. The Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey was a sample survey that was carried out in all parts of South Africa gathering information on employment and unemployment, education and training, working conditions and income in both urban and rural areas.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Units of analysis in the survey include households and individuals

Version

Version Description

Version 01: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution

Version Date

2001

Scope

Notes

The survey focused on employment, demographics, and wages and covers all household members, i.e. about 50 000 individuals. A randomly selected person of working age in each household was inverviewed in more depth. Among other things, they were asked about work status, time period in (or outside) the labour market as well as basic conditions of employment, labour relations, wages, occupation and the organisation for whom they work (for those in employment).

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National coverage

Geographic Unit

The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is enumerator area. The data is also at magisterial district level.

Universe

The representative sample was provided by the Department of Labour and Fafo and was designed to include the South African population of persons 15 years and older for the household section and 18 years and older for the individual RSI section.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name
Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo)
South Africa Department of Labour

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Role
Norwegian Development Agency	Funding the study
South African Department of Labour	Funding the study

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The questionnaires, which were administered during this survey, involved a household questionnaire as well as a RSI (Randomly Selected Individual) questionnaire

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
1999	1999-12-17	Follow-up interviews for problem households/areas
2000	2000	Follow-up interviews for problem households/areas

Data Collectors

Name	Affiliation
MarkData	HSRC

Data Collection Notes

Fieldwork started the 18th of October 1999 in most provinces, and on 20th October in KwaZulu-Natal and Western Cape. Fieldwork was completed on 17th December 1999. In January follow-up interviews were done in problem areas or areas that could not be accessed during the initial fieldwork period. Fieldwork for the follow-up interview was completed during January 2000.

Access policy

Access conditions

Public use files, accessible to all

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:

South Africa Department of Labour and Norwegian Institute for Applied Social Science (Fafo). Mesebetsi Labour Force Survey 1999-2000. Ref. ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M. Dataset downloaded from http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/catalogue3/index.php/catalog/288 on [date].

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.

Contacts

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

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_1999_MLFS_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	DDI Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2012-03-09

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 02 (August 2013). Edited from Version 01 DDI (ddi-zaf-datafirst-mlfs-1999-2000-v1) that was done by DataFirst.

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