Networks and Employment Transitions Study 2002
South Africa, 2002
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Reference ID
zaf-saldru-nets-2002-v1
Producer(s)
Malcolm Keswell
Metadata
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Feb 11, 2013
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Identification
Survey ID Number
zaf-saldru-nets-2002-v1
Title
Networks and Employment Transitions Study 2002
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | zaf |
Study type
Health Survey [hs]
Abstract
This data, Networks and Employment Transitions Study (NETS), is a construction of a panel data set based on the KwaZulu Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) and a sub-sample of the KIDS households. The resulting data set thus contains a partial third wave of the original KwaZulu Natal households of the Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development (PSLSD) and is meant to represent the baseline sample of the Networks and Employment Transitions Study (NETS). NETS is essentially a study of labour market dynamics that takes advantage of the panel structure of the KIDS data. NETS is primarily about transitions out of unemployment into employment. Thus the population of individuals we were interested in following over time were those who classified themselves as unemployed in the first wave of KIDS. The final sample frame for this study was comprised of individuals who were unemployed in 1993, but who were observed as either unemployed or employed in 1998.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data
Unit of Analysis
Households and individuals
Version
Version Description
v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed access
Version Date
2002
Scope
Notes
The survey covers labour market topics as well as social security of workers and the influence of networks for labour market participation
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Labor Markets | World Bank |
| Social Protection (includes Pensions, Safety Nets, Social Funds) | World Bank |
Keywords
| Keyword |
|---|
| social security |
| employment |
| transition |
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
Province of KwaZulu-Natal
Geographic Unit
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data is province
Universe
The survey covered all unemployed individuals who are aged 19-64 in 1993
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Malcolm Keswell | University of Cape Town |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
The sampling algorithm behind the NETS data was designed to ensure sucient variation in employment status. Given that the KIDS panel was not meant to reveal anything about the racial dimensions of living standards, all Indian households were deleted from this sample which led to a target sample of 677 individuals. Clusters (or magisterial districts) known to have been fabricated by fieldworkers in the first wave of the panel (cluster numbers 217 and 218) were then deleted (see Carter et al (2003) for more details). Owing to the wide geographic dispersion of the areas contained in the data and the cost implications of this, all clusters with fewer than 5 households were deleted from the frame. Thus clusters 74, 76, 79, 200, 202, 208, 210, 212, 215, 219, 226, 230, 231, and 239 were not sampled, in addition to all clusters where no individuals experienced a transition out of unemployment and into employment. This left a total of 358 households located in 45 separate clusters spread throughout the province of KwaZulu-Natal covering 1749 individuals aged 19-64 in 2002. This target sample contained the majority of the original 677 individuals, save for those no longer in the sample owing to deletion of the clusters mentioned above. These individuals were denoted as "core" members of the target sample. Demographic details of these individuals and other spatial data such as hand-drawn maps and aerial photographs were used to locate the geographical position of the 358 households that these individuals were observed as residents of in 1998. The tracking process began by plotting the rough geographic location of each sample cluster of households. In addition to those household members denoted as core, the questionnaire also allowed for new economically active individuals joining the household to be captured. The names of those individuals identied as core persons were pre-listed on each household questionnaire. Since individuals aged 15-60 were interviewed in 1998, the target sample thus ultimately comprised the 19-64 age cohort (though allowing for new household members effectively increased the range of ages beyond the 64 year cut-off). In addition, a further 206 new household members were interviewed, increasing the potential sample to 1955. As far as was practical, individual members of each household were interviewed directly. This meant that in certain cases, more than one visit to the household was required in order to complete the interview. Individuals identied as core respondents who were no longer resident within the household had to be tracked and interviewed with a separate survey instrument. The tracking rule we applied was as follows: if the person had moved to within a five-kilometre radius of the original household, then a face-to-face interview was completed, if the individual could be located. If the individual had moved further away, they were contacted telephonically, if this was possible.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start |
|---|
| 2002 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
| Name |
|---|
| University of Cape Town |
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
The survey questionnaire covers information on the structure and workings of the social network groups, and the benefits associated with membership, as well as a general discussion about the community
Access policy
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | Link |
Access conditions
Public use files, available to all
Citation requirements
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. Networks and employment transitions study 2002. [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: SALDRU [producer], 2002. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2013. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/dgmw-cw46
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | info@data1st.org | Link |
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
ddi-zaf-datafirst-nets-2002-v1.1
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | DDI Producer |
Date of Metadata Production
2020-04-24
DDI Document version
Version 2