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Labour Force Survey (LFS 4), September 2001
No full textThe Labour Force Survey is a twice-yearly rotating panel household survey, specifically designed to measure the dynamics of employment and unemployment in the country. It plans to measure a variety of issues related to the labour market, including unemployment rates (official and expanded), according to standard definitions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
Rural Area Heidelberg: Socio-Economic Survey 1997
No full textThe main purpose of this study is to make available socio-economic characteristics of residents of Heidelberg to all interest groups concerned. The questionnaire consists of three sections. In section 1, the view of households with vegetable gardens is presented In the second section of the questionnaire respondents report on home ownership, type of housing, number and nature of rooms and facilities in the residence, and room density. Section three contains questions on facilities and services in the community and on development priorities for the town
October Household Survey, 1998
No full textThe October household survey is an annual survey based on a probability survey of a large number of households (ranging from 16 000 in 1996 through to 30 000 in 1997 and 1998, depending on the availability of funding). It covers a range of development indicators, including unemployment rates (official and expanded), according to standard definitions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)
The Dark Soul of the People. Slaves in Mauritius, 2000
No full textThe aim of this study was to focus on a demographic interpretation of slavery in Mauritius. The slave-owning class left many documents that dealt with slavery, such as despatches, reports, newspapers, gazettes, and slave registers. These records were written from the perspective of the masters and the slaves themselves were silent about what their lives were like. A demographic analysis, although it is based on information from the slave owners, allowed a broader perspective. Each item of information about thousands of individual slaves, when aggregated into a whole, allowed a broader picture of slavery that neither the slaves nor the owners could possibly have seen.
The purpose of this study was to illuminate the collective experience of Mauritian slaves in that way. However, a purely demographic analysis has its limits: it focused on a "snap-shot" of a population at a particular time — in this case, part of the Mauritian slave population in 1835. Yet the shape and experience of a population is grounded in its history.This study therefore attempted to contextualise the 1835 slave population by reviewing the history of slavery in Mauritius from its introduction in the seventeenth century. Further, the demographic analysis itself was embedded in the literature of Mauritian and other slave systems. This study aimed, therefore, to integrate the literature with a demographic approach to Mauritian slavery
Victims of Crime Survey, 1998
No full textThe Victims of Crime Survey was the first national study of its kind in South Africa. Prior to this study diverse research had been conducted on victims of crime, but these studies did not cover the entire country. In particular, they did not include rural areas. The only information available on criminal activities in the country as a whole was through police and court records. While these records were highly valuable resources of statistics about criminal activity, they relied largely on the extent to which the reporting of crimes took place. Those incidents, which were not reported by victims, remained unknown and unrecorded. Police and court records allowed for the monitoring of policing and of the criminal justice system. An important supplementary way of gaining understanding of crimes, and of improving planning for crime prevention, was by speaking to citizens to find out about their experiences of crime and the criminal justice system. Through the victims' survey such as this one, it was possible to examine the extent of reporting of crime and to learn about the perceptions that different people have about the police and police services. Furthermore, this survey aimed to: a) Conduct the first national benchmark household victimisation survey in South Africa; b) Collect information to feed into the National Crime Prevention Strategy (NCPS) on the nature, extent and patterns of crime from the perceptive of victims; c) Examine the extent of crime reporting for different types of crimes; d) Obtain a picture of the perceptions that members of the public hold of police and policing; e) Look at the type of support structures that exist for victims of crime; f) Determine the crime prevention measures that South Africans use; and g) Compare, where possible, South African crime patterns and reporting behaviour with those in other countries
Vanrhynsdorp: Socio-Economic Survey, 1997
No full textThe principal aim of this study is to make available socio-economic characteristics of residents of Vanrhynsdorp to all interest groups concerned. The questionnaire consists of three sections. The first section pertains to the socio-economic characteristics of all residents from each residential unit involved in the test sample and is presented in the first section of the report. The second section of the questionnaire deals with the household and not with all the members of the household. The third section deals with community and the developments at Vanrhynsdorp
Wittewater: A Community Profile
No full textThe main objective of this study is to make the socio-economic characteristics of the inhabitants of Wittewater available to all interest groups. The questionnaire consists of three sections. The first section deals with the socio-economic characteristics of all the inhabitants of each residential unit and is presented in the first section of the report. The second section of the questionnaire deals with the respondent and not with all the members of the household. The third section deals with farming activities at Wittewater
Haarlem: Social-Economic Profile of a Rural Community, 1995
No full textThe main objective of the study is to provide information about the socio-economic characteristics of the residents of Haarlem. The questionnaire consisted of three sections. The first dealt with the socio-economic characteristics of all residents of every household. The second section of the questionnaire focused on the respondent and not on all members of the household. Respondents reported on their period of residence in Haarlem, the main reason for living there, type of dwelling, ownership of dwelling, financing of housing, number and nature of rooms and facilities in dwelling and need for housing in general. The third section focused on farming activities in Haarlem
Langebaan North: Community profile, 1998
No full textThe principal aim of this study is to make available socio-economic characteristics of residents of Langebaan to all interest groups concerned. The information from the survey is presented in three sections. Section 1 pertains to the first part of the questionnaire in which information regarding socio-economic characteristics of the residents of Langebaan North is included. In the second section information regarding the nature of housing in Langebaan North is presented. The need for low-income housing in the town is also dealt with in this section. Section 3 deals with the respondents’ evaluation of Langebaan as place of residence in general, the evaluation of and need for facilities and services in the town, and expectations regarding the planned multipurpose community centre
October Household Survey, 1999
No full textThe October Household Survey is an annual survey based on a probability sample of a large number of households (ranging from 16 000 in 1996 through to 30 000 in 1997 and 1998, depending on the availability of funding). It covers a range of development indicators, including unemployment rates (official and expanded), according to standard definitions of the International Labour Organisation (ILO)