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Results from Group 4

This study focuses on informal sector employment in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Mauritius. It examines the legal organization, ownership, size, and registration of enterprises, and explores the assumptions behind data collection. The flow of questions covers demographic characteristics, educational background, location, enterprise registration, type of accounts, enterprise activity, goods/services produced, destination of products, hours worked, income/turnover, occupation, and health/safety compliance.

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Results from Group 4

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  1. Results from Group 4 Tanzania Zimbabwe S. Africa Mauritius ECA expert

  2. Def:Informal sector employment • Legal Organisation- unincorporated enterprises • Ownership -Household enterprise • Type of accounts - separate set of accounts • Size of enterprise • Registration of enterprise

  3. Assumptions of data collection • Policy well outlined • Users identified – consulted in the design • Well skilled team • Resources limited • Annual survey

  4. Country experience • Mauritius – filtering through employers/oaw to generate employment in informal sector • Zimbabwe – Filtering by institutional sectors (exclude public sector), size, registration – no questions on set of accounts • Tanzania – Using institutional sector, size and set of accounts to identify • S. Africa – Filtering through VAT/income tax registration

  5. Flow of questions • Demographic characteristics • Educational background • Location

  6. Sequence questions Part 1. Is the establishment/enterprise where you have your main employment: • 1 -Public administration • 2 - Public/parastatal bodies • 3 - Private non agricultural • 4 - Agricutural/livestock/fishery • 5 - International organisation • 6 - Cooperatives • 7 - NGO/Syndicate/etc. • 8 - Private households • 9 - Other specify …………..

  7. Size • 2. How many persons (including yourself) usually work at your place of work? …….

  8. Registration 3. What is the legal status of the enterprise where you are working? • 1 - Individual proprietor • 2 - Household members • 3 - Partnership with members of other households • 4 - Company • 5 - Cooperative society

  9. 4. Has the enterprise already been registered? 1 -Yes 2 - In the process of registering 3 - No 4 - Don’t know

  10. Type of enterprise 5. What type of registration does your enterprise has? • 1 - Income tax • 2 - VAT • 3 - Business registration • 4 - Social security • 5 - Other specify ………………………. • 6 - Don’t know • 7 - None

  11. Activity 6. What is the activity of the enterprise where you are working? ………………………………..

  12. Products 7. What type of goods or services are being produced by your enterprise? ……………………………… 8. For which purpose those goods/services meant for? • Market • Non/market (own consumption)

  13. Range of employees 9. Indicate the specific range of employees in the enterprise you are working? 1. Less than 5 2. 6 to 9 3. 10 to 19 4. 20 to 49 5. 50 to 99 6. 100 and above

  14. Set of accounts (for employers/own account worker) 10. Do you have a formal set of accounts for your enterprise? • 1 - Yes • 2 - No • 3 - Don’t know 11. Does the enterprise have a separate sets of accounts from the household? • 1 - Yes • 2 - No • 3 - Don’t know

  15. QUESTION 2

  16. QUESTION 3 • Activity • Goods and services produced • Destination of products • Hours worked • Education • Income/turnover • Occupation (skilled/non skilled) • Health and safety compliance

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