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Income and Expenditure Survey 1990

South Africa, 1990 - 1991
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Reference ID
zaf-css-ies-1990-v1.1
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa)
Collections
Statistics South Africa
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Oct 25, 2012
Last modified
May 06, 2020
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Identification

Survey ID Number
zaf-css-ies-1990-v1.1
Title
Income and Expenditure Survey 1990
Country
Name Country code
South Africa zaf
Study type
Income/Expenditure 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
Unit of Analysis
Households and individuals

Version

Version Description
v1.1: 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 Link
income, property and investment/saving [1.5] CESSDA Link
Keywords
Keyword
income
expenditure
household

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)

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
1990 1991
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name Affiliation
Markdata Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)

Questionnaires

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.

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org Link
Access conditions
Licensed use files, available for non-commercial use only
Citation requirements
Central Statistical Service. Income and Expenditure Survey 1990 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Central Statistical Service [producer], 1992. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/jznt-0c26
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org Link

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
ddi-zaf-ssa-ies-1990-v1
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2020-04-29
DDI Document version
Version 4
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