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Stats SA Surveys UGU DISTRICT Prepared by: B.N. Mavundla & P.P. Nhlumayo 21 November 2013

Stats SA Surveys UGU DISTRICT Prepared by: B.N. Mavundla & P.P. Nhlumayo 21 November 2013. Outline. Stats SA background Methodology Stats SA projects. 1. Background.

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Stats SA Surveys UGU DISTRICT Prepared by: B.N. Mavundla & P.P. Nhlumayo 21 November 2013

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  1. Stats SA SurveysUGU DISTRICT Prepared by: B.N. Mavundla& P.P. Nhlumayo21 November 2013

  2. Outline • Stats SA background • Methodology • Stats SA projects

  3. 1. Background • Stats SA is a governmental dept legally mandated by the Parliament, through the Statistics Act, 1999 (Act No. 6 of 1999), to collect, process, analyse and disseminate official statistics. • Stats SA is placed in the planning department from the presidency. • Information is needed by government and decision makers to inform policies, implementation of programmes and to report, monitor and evaluate progress to help build our country.

  4. 1.1Confidentiality • No unauthorized person can be furnished with this info as abide by Stats Act 6 of 1999 • Section 16 – For respondents to participate in Stats SA projects • Section 17 – Confidentiality clause for Stats SA and its employees even after termination of employment • Section 18 – Penalty Clause of a fine for contravening the clause

  5. 2. Methodology • All settlement types e.g. Tribal, Urban formal, Farms, Informal within 6 Local Municipalities under Ugu district are sampled to conduct various surveys • Master Sample constituted from PSUs/Census EAs that are drawn from stratum • Conducted process of listing where we list all structures within the Primary Sampling Unit e.g. private dwelling units, churches, schools, shops etc • Sample dwelling units are drawn scientifically from sample PSUs and sample is a representative of all households in South Africa i.e. (You can’t drink the whole pot of soup to taste salt, its just a snap shot) • Surveys are conducted through out the year. • Due to scientific nature of the sample, we are obliged to visit only the statistically chosen dwelling units NOTE: NO SUBSTITUTION ALLOWED!!!

  6. 2.0 Phases of the project • Forward logistics • Publicity • Data Collection • Reverse Logistics • Coordination Provincial Office • Capturing • Process • Analyze • Disseminate • Archive District level Head Office

  7. 3. Stats SA’s Projects currently running All surveys are household based: • Domestic Tourism Survey (DTS) • General Household Survey (GHS) • Victims Of Crime (VOC) • Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) • Dwelling Frame

  8. 3.0 Other Stats SA projects • Income and Expenditure Survey – IES • Consumer Price Index – CPI • Living Conditions Survey – LCS • National Household Travel Survey – NHTS • Community Survey – CS • Census

  9. 3.1 Domestic Tourism Survey Objective of conducting DTS: • To determine tourism expenditure, • To determine the contribution of tourism to the economy of South Africa • To improve the experience of those travelling in the country, and • To compare South Africa tourism with other countries

  10. 3.2 General Household Survey Objective of conducting GHS: • To measure the level, and quality of govt service delivery • Access, use and level of satisfaction about provision of: • Health and education services and facilities • Electricity, water, sanitation, and refuse removal, • Housing • Social welfare services e.g. child support grant, old age pension and disability grant • Transport

  11. 3.3 Victims of crime Objective of conducting VOCS: • Collects data to establish the prevalence of particular kinds of crime within a certain population • The survey will provide information regarding crime from the victim’s perspective, • Public perceptions of the activities of the police, prosecutors, courts and correctional services, and • Provides complementary data levels of crime in SA in addition to statistics published by SAPS (South African Police Service)

  12. Are you a victim? Have you reported your case?

  13. 3.4 Quarter Labour Force Survey Objective of conducting QLFS: • It is primary used to determine the unemployment rate • Collects information quarterly of individuals who are employed, • Those who are unemployed and still looking for work • Those who are not economically active • Those who are able to make a living without being employed NB: Results are released every quarter

  14. 3.5 Dwelling Frame Objective of conducting DF: • Partnering with SAPO in assigning addresses to all structures in the rural areas • Allocating GPS points to all numbered structures in rural areas using geo-referencing • To form an address database of all structures in rural areas which can be accessed by all government department who operate within such areas which is frequently updated • To update the place names

  15. Stakeholders/Users • Stats SA’s officials • Govt dept, • NGO, • Private business, • Public in general

  16. For more information • Stats Online www.statssa.gov.za • Stats SA publications • District Office: Sub 142 Commonage, Marburg 039 685 7244

  17. NGIYABONGA THANK YOU BAIE DANKIE

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