Quarterly Labour Force Survey 2012, Quarter 1 - South Africa

Abstract
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The Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) is a household-based sample survey conducted by Statistics South Africa (Stats SA). It collects data on the labour market activities of individuals aged 15 years or older who live in South Africa.

Geographic coverage
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National coverage

Analysis unit
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Individuals

Universe
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The QLFS sample covers the non-institutional population except for those in workers' hostels. However, persons living in private dwelling units within institutions are enumerated. For example, within a school compound, one would enumerate the schoolmaster's house and teachers' accommodation because these are private dwellings. Students living in a dormitory on the school compound would, however, be excluded.

Kind of data
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Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure
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The QLFS frame has been developed as a general purpose household survey frame that can be used by all other household surveys irrespective of the sample size requirement of the survey. The sample size for the QLFS is roughly 30 000 dwellings per quarter.

The sample is based on information collected during the 2001 Population Census conducted by Stats SA. In preparation for the 2001 Census, the country was divided into 80 787 enumeration areas (EAs). Stats SA's household-based surveys use a Master Sample of Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) which comprises of EAs that are drawn from across the country.

The sample is designed to be representative at the provincial level and within provinces at the metro/non-metro level. Within the metros, the sample is further distributed by geography type. The four geography types are: urban formal, urban informal, farms and tribal. This implies, for example, that within a metropolitan area the sample is representative at the different geography types that may exist within that metro.

The current sample size is 3 080 PSUs. It is divided equally into four sub-groups or panels called rotation groups. The rotation groups are designed in such a way that each of these groups has the same distribution pattern as that which is observed in the whole sample. They are numbered from one to four and these numbers also correspond to the quarters of the year in which the sample will be rotated for the particular group.

The sample for the QLFS is based on a stratified two-stage design with probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling of primary sampling units (PSUs) in the first stage, and sampling of dwelling units (DUs) with systematic sampling in the second stage.

Mode of data collection
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Face-to-face [f2f]

摘要
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南非统计局（Stats SA）执行的季度劳动力调查（QLFS）是一项基于家庭的抽样调查。该调查收集了居住在南非、年龄在15岁或以上个体在劳动力市场的活动数据。
地理覆盖范围
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全国覆盖
分析单元
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个人
调查总体
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QLFS样本覆盖了非机构化人口，但排除了工人宿舍中的居民。然而，生活于机构内私人住宅单位的人员将被统计。例如，在学校园区内，学校主管的住宅和教师宿舍因为这些是私人住宅而被计入。然而，居住在学校园区宿舍的学生则被排除在外。
数据类型
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样本调查数据 [ssd]
抽样程序
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QLFS框架已被开发为一种通用目的的家庭调查框架，可以满足所有其他家庭调查的样本规模需求。QLFS的样本规模大约为每个季度30,000个住宅。
样本基于Stats SA在2001年进行的人口普查期间收集的信息。为了准备2001年的普查，全国被划分为80,787个统计单元（EA）。Stats SA的家庭调查使用主样本抽样单元（PSU），这些单元是从全国范围内抽取的EA。
样本旨在在省级层面以及省内城市/非城市层面具有代表性。在城市内部，样本根据地理类型进一步分布。四种地理类型是：城市正规、城市非正规、农场和部落。这意味着，例如，在一个大都市区域内，样本将代表该区域内可能存在的不同地理类型。
当前样本规模为3,080个PSU。它们被平均分为四个子组或轮换小组。这些轮换小组被设计得与整个样本相同的分布模式。它们从一编号到四，这些数字也对应于样本将进行轮换的年份各季度。
QLFS的样本基于分层两阶段设计，第一阶段采用与规模成比例的概率抽样（PPS）对抽样单元（PSU）进行抽样，第二阶段采用系统抽样对住宅单元（DU）进行抽样。
数据收集方式
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面对面 [f2f]