PROJECT FOR STATISTICS ON LIVING STANDARDS AND DEVELOPMENT – PSLSD

Sample size: ~9000 households

CoverageNationally representative sample from across South Africa

Included sectionsHousehold composition, education, health, fertility, expenditures, employment and other income earning activities

DataThe survey’s documentation and data are available from DataFirst

Description

The South Africa Integrated Household Survey is a nationally representative, multi-purpose household survey which contains information on a series of subjects including (but not limited to) household composition, education, health, fertility, expenditures, employment and other income earning activities. The sample consists of approximately 9,000 households in 360 clusters. The survey was undertaken in the nine months prior to the country’s first democratic elections in April 1994. The principal purpose of the survey was to collect data on living standards in order to provide policy makers with the data required for planning strategies to implement such goals as those outlined in the Government of National Unity’s Reconstruction and Development Programme.