Name: South Africa - Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012
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South Africa

The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) is a household-based sample survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). It collects data on the labour market activities of individuals aged 15 years or older who live in South Africa. The objective of the QLFS is to collect quarterly information about persons in the labour market, i.e., those who are employed; those who are unemployed and those who are not economically active. This information will be published as core labour market indicators2 four weeks after the end of each quarter and an annual report and supplementary data will be published six months after the end of each calendar year.

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South Africa - Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012

Series Name: Labor Force Survey [hh/lfs] Series Info: History of the labour force survey The October Household Survey (OHS) The principal vehicle for collecting labour market information for the whole country over the period 1994-1999 was the annual October Household Survey (OHS). However, the OHS also collected information from respondents about a diverse range of issues relating to: births and deaths, health, crime, education and training initiatives as well as the services and amenities available to the dwelling(s) in which households lived etc. Changes were made to the OHS sample design for successive surveys. Essentially, the OHSs were independent cross-sectional surveys that had different sample designs. Over the years, the labour market component of the OHS questionnaire was also changed to accommodate both national requirements in terms of providing information to inform policymakers and international requirements that conformed to the standards of the International Labour Organisation (ILO). The Labour Force Survey (LFS) The first LFS was conducted in 2000 and since then it has been undertaken on a six-monthly basis in March and September each year. The LFS is more focused on labour issues than its predecessor (the OHS) since the bulk of the non-labour questions were channeled to the General Household Survey (GHS). As with the OHS, the LFS sample is representative of all provinces and strata (which are District Councils) within provinces. However, since 2000, Stats SA has used a Master Sample of 3 000 Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) from the population census as the sampling frame for the LFS. As a result, and unlike the OHSs, the sampling methodology was consistent in each round of the survey. The intention was that the selected dwelling units would remain in the sample for five consecutive surveys, with one-fifth of these dwelling units rotating out each round of the survey. The dwelling unit approach is adopted because households are mobile and cannot easily be tracked. The unit of sampling is therefore the dwelling unit and the unit of observation is the household. The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) The decision to redesign all aspects of the LFS emanated from criticisms by data users and these are documented in the report written by International Monetary Fund (IMF) consultants in June 2005. These criticisms related to the scope, coverage, timeliness and frequency of the survey. In addressing these issues, Stats SA decided to embark on a quarterly cycle for the collection of labour market information. Increasing the frequency of the survey, coupled with the additional requirement to release results in a timely fashion required the following: • Continuous data collection. • Automated data processing system. A new Master Sample and listing procedures have been developed, new fieldwork procedures have been implemented, and a shorter core questionnaire and an end-to-end data processing system has also been developed.

Version 01 (August 2013). Edited version based on Version 01 DDI (DDI-ZAF-DATAFIRST-QLFS-2012-Q3-V1) that was done by DataFirst. Version 02 (April 2014): This version is identical to Version 01, with revisions to data.

South Africa - Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012

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