Measuring regional labour markets in South Africa: how robust are sub-national estimates from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey?
SOURCE: Development Southern Africa
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Visagie
KEYWORDS: LABOUR MARKET, QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (QLFS)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10728
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13519
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13519
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2018
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Visagie
KEYWORDS: LABOUR MARKET, QUARTERLY LABOUR FORCE SURVEY (QLFS)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10728
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/13519
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13519
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Abstract
This article explores the limitations of using data from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS) to estimate robust sub-national labour market indicators in South Africa. The precision of labour market indices in the QLFS is very sensitive to which geographic scale is examined - national, provincial or metro - and in each instance the size of the population of the province or metro. The results show that errors from sampling at regional and city levels may be prohibitively large although in some instances broad patterns between regions can be identified notwithstanding a fairly blunt instrument. The findings highlight the imperative to be transparent about sampling errors and to foster sensitivity within government, business and the public in general. This exercise is instructive for generating other regional socio-economic indicators that are based upon similar household sample surveys such as the General Household Survey, Living Conditions Survey and Income and Expenditure Survey.-
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