South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) 2013: Questionnaire 1 Work and Unemployment - All provinces

Description:
Topics covered in the questionnaire are: work and unemployment, respondent characteristics, household characteristics, personal and household income variables.

The data set for dissemination contains 2885 cases and 262 variables.
Abstract:
Under the auspices of the Department and Training (DHET), the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a consortium of partners are undertaking the Labour Market Intelligence Partnership Research Project (LMIP) in order to address the need for an improved system of labour market analysis and planning in South Africa. At the centre of skills planning is need for quality and reliable data on the South African labour market information. Theme 1 of LMIP entitled "Establishing a foundation for labour market information systems in South Africa" acknowledges the need to improve the quality as well as quantity of the current labour market information for effective skills planning. It is against this background that the current project - Survey of attitudes towards employment and unemployment related issues will be conducted to:

Determine attitudes of South Africans towards the labour market.

Develop a systemic and methodology sound infrastructure for studying changing work attitudes, values and behaviour patterns of agents in and out the labour market.

The broad aim of this study is to determine attitudes of South Africans towards the labour market. This entails:

Investigating the nature and distribution of work orientations and work values of South Africans;

Exploring the public's attitudes towards the state of unemployment and barriers;

To explore the public's assessment of the relevance of post school education and some specific skills in the workplace;

To get in depth insights about the perceived effective job search strategies;

To investigate the satisfaction levels of those in employment, and subjective evaluation of various aspects of their work.

Data for the study will be collected through the South African Social Attitudes Survey. The South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS) is the Human Science's survey which has been collecting data on South Africa attitudes, beliefs and behaviour patterns annually since 2003. The Education and Skills Development Research Programme included a module into the SASAS study which looked at five 1) Work values and ethics, 2) perceived barriers to employment, 3) perceived skills and competencies required in the labour market, 4) job search strategies, and 5) subjective evaluation of different aspects of work.