South Africa - Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2011 - First Quarter, with ILO standard variables

Start	End	Cycle
2011	2011	N/A

Start	End	Cycle
2011-01-11		Quarterly

Face-to-face [f2f]
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.
When collected at different points in time, the data provide the basis for monitoring current trends and changes in the labour market and the employment situation, which may be analysed in connection with other economic and social phenomena to evaluate macro-economic policies. The QLFS nevertheless collects labour market activity data for persons aged 65 years and older. To facilitate continuous data collection, training and fieldwork monitoring from the regional offices across the country, permanent field staff (332) were appointed to conduct the QLFS.
Household members living in approximately 10 000 dwelling units in 1 025 PSUs are interviewed in each of the three months within a quarter. Key information from completed questionnaires is captured by data capturers in the regional office using the RTMS. given month. During this week set-up interviews/publicity and listing maintenance is conducted. Data collection is conducted during the middle two weeks ("11") of each month (except in January and December). The last week ("0") is dedicated to completing the work allocation assigned for that month including the listing of growth areas in the sampled PSU identified during the first week. In summary, the "0"represents a non-data collection week and the "1" represents the two weeks of data collection.

The questionnaire consists of the following sections:

Section 1 - Biographical information (marital status, language, migration, education,training, literacy, etc.
Section 2 - Economic activities
Section 3 - Unemployment and economic inactivity
Section 4 - Main work activities in the last week
Section 5 - Earnings in the main job
All sections - Comprehensive coverage of all aspects of the labour market
Receiving of questionnaires
The contents of the boxes containing questionnaires sent from the regional offices are verified when received at the DPC. The questionnaire barcodes captured in the provinces are captured again at the DPC to ensure that all questionnaires have been received.

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
Statistics South Africa	Stats Sa