An omnibus survey is done quarterly and its purpose is to give clients an opportunity to participate in a national survey at low cost. A number of clients’ questions are combined into one questionnaire. This questionnaire is usually administered to probability sample of about 2200 respondents in the whole country (South Africa). The 1996 February omnibus consisted of two separate samples of 2200 each – one sample having a yellow questionnaire and the other sample having a pink questionnaire. The February/March 1996 omnibus survey was undertaken over the period 27 February to 24 March 1996. The data from this survey was available in May 1996. The fieldwork was done on a countrywide basis including all nine provinces.