Sampling methodology and field work changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys

dc.creatorKerr, Andrew
dc.creatorWittenberg, Martin
dc.date2013-08-22T14:28:02Z
dc.date2013-08-22T14:28:02Z
dc.date2013-07
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:22Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:22Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionThe 1999 October Household Survey was the first time that Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) introduced a master sample of Enumeration Areas (Stats SA, 2000a). There were several important changes in sampling and field worker practice that accompanied the introduction of the master sample of EAs, which have not been systematically documented , and which make comparability of the surveys undertaken before and after this time difficult. We document these changes in this research note and provide evidence that these changes were partly responsible for the odd trends in the total number of single person households estimated from the October Household Surveys (OHSs) and Labour Force Surveys (LFSs), noted in Wittenberg and Collinson (2007) and Pirouz (2005), as well as rapid increases in employment, in the late 1990s.
dc.descriptionThis is a joint SALDRU/DataFirst working paper.
dc.identifier978-1-920517-42-7
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/617
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - OHS KW - LFS KW - Sampling methodology KW - Household size KW - Survey data LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Sampling methodology and field work changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys TI - Sampling methodology and field work changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/617 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/617
dc.languageen
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationWorking Paper;101
dc.subjectOHS
dc.subjectLFS
dc.subjectSampling methodology
dc.subjectHousehold size
dc.subjectSurvey data
dc.titleSampling methodology and field work changes in the October Household Surveys and Labour Force Surveys
dc.typeWorking Paper
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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