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Regional Workshop for African Countries on Basic Economic Statistics, SA, 2007

Short-Term, Large Sample Surveys and

Censuses

Phillip Lesame Division: Industry and Trade

24 July 2007

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Agriculture

Mining andquarrying

Manufacturing

Community,Social andPersonal services

Real estate and other Businessservices

Electricity, gas and waterConstruction

Transport, Storage and

Communication

Industrial Sector Coverage

SHORT-TERM SURVEYS

& PERIODIC SURVEYSTrades

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Mining andquarrying

Mining Production& Sales

(sample size = 800 admin data)

Monthly Surveys

Electricity, gas and water

Electricity Generated& Distribution

(sample size = 25)

•Generation•Consumption•Purchases outside RSA•Sales•Provincial distribution

• Total production of commodities

• Local/Export sales

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Monthly Surveys - Cont

Manufacturing

Manufacturing Production& Sales

(sample size = 3081)

• Manufacturing, processing, packaging of products

• Slaughtering Animals

• Installation, Assembly Completion, Repair of Related work

Utilization of Production Capacity by Large Enterprises

(sample size = 981)

• Utilisation of Production Capacity

• Under-Utilisation of Production Capacity

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Construction

Building Statistics(sample size=77 municipalities)

Square metres & value buildings plans

• Passed • Completed

Large MunicipalityProvincial data

Annual Report Annual Survey

Monthly Surveys - Cont

Monthly Survey

Square metres & value of buildings plans

• Passed • Completed

Provincial/MunicipalDetailed type of Building

Square metres & value buildings plans

• Completed

Large/Small MunicipalityProvincial/MunicipalDetailed type of Building

Building Statistics(sample size=187 municipalities)

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Trades

•Wholesale (sample size = 800)•Motor Trade (sample = 669)•Retail (sample size = 800)

• Sales for all 3• Additional in Motor Trade - New & Used vehicles - Income from = Workshop = Accessories = Fuels = Convenient Stores

Monthly Surveys - Cont

• Hotels• Caravan parks and camping sites (840)• Guest houses• Other accommodation

• Stay units available• Stay unit nights sold• Occupancy rate• Average income per stay unit night sold• Income from Accommodation• Income from restaurant and bar sales• Other income• Total income

Tourist Accommodation

• Restaurants• Take away outlets• Caterers• Other establishments

• Income from food sales

• Income from bar sales

• Other income

• Total income

Food and Beverages

(910)

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Monthly Surveys - Cont

Other non-sectoral monthly surveys include:

• Civil cases for debt (admin data)

(Sample: 151 Magisterial districts)

• Liquidations and insolvencies (admin data)

(No Sample)

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Large Sample Surveys

Agriculture

Mining andquarrying

Manufacturing

Community,Social andPersonal services

Real estate and other Businessservices

Electricity, gas and waterConstruction

Transport, Storage and

Communication

Large Sample Surveys (sample size =

10 0000)Trades

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Agricultural Surveys

Censuses Annual Survey

•Farming

•Services

(Irrigation/Spraying, etc)

•Fishing•Forestry

Farming

-Finance

-Employment

-Production

(sample size = approx 7000)

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Future Plans

Areas of research:• Transport --------(All modes)

• Construction------(Civil Engineering)

• Business services-----(Real Estate agents

• Communication---(Post Offices/Courier/Telcoms)

• Personal services

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Transport

1. Land (sample size = 704) – to be launched in Aug 07

2. Water (sample size = 165)

3. Air (sample size = 763)

4. Support and Auxiliary Services (sample size = 808)

Future Plans - Cont

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Survey Frame

• Using the Business Sample Frame (BSF) compiled

from Stats SA Business Register (BR).

• All business in the BSF are registered for VAT.

• The businesses registered in the Income Tax (IT)

system are used for updating the BR.

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• Business Register (BR)– Improved coverage of small to medium enterprises,

and– Improved classification of large enterprises.

• Data credibility– Comparison of data with other sources within and

outside Stats SA.

Improvements

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Improvements - cont

• Questionnaires

- Development and improvement of questionnaires.

• Timeliness

- Improved timeliness by publishing the first estimates of:

1. LSS 2004 within 12 months of the reference year.

2. Motor, Retail, Wholesale trade published from 9 to 7

weeks after the reference month.

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Problems and challenges

In general

• Obtaining required response rates.

• Activity Surveys

• Provincial data

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Data dissemination

• Stats SA’s website for free public access.

• Distribution of hard copies via email to subscribers.

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