Albany/Eastern Cape farm labour surveys (Roberts 1957-59, Antrobus 1977, Roberts 2008)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	author survey or fieldwork
Producer	Margaret Roberts (SAIRR); G.G. Antrobus; Tamaryn Roberts
Coverage	1957-2008
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Farm labour: mechanisation, labour shedding, wages and labour control	2
Liberal vs revisionist: was apartheid functional or dysfunctional for capitalist growth?	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Atkinson (2007)	Roberts (1959) Labour in the farm economy (SAIRR) survey of 63 Eastern Cape farmers	1959	Evidence on labour shortage/surplus, paternalism and worker turnover.
Roberts (2009)	2008 Albany farmer sample survey (structured face-to-face interviews with 40 farmers, questionnaire in Appendix 1)	2008	Primary evidence on 2008 farm population, employment, wages, in-kind payments, housing, services and farmer attitudes to legislation.
Roberts (2009)	Antrobus 1977 Albany farm labour survey (PhD thesis 1984; 81 farms)	1977 (with 1957-1976 series)	Baseline for 1977 comparisons of population per farm, labour density, rations, working hours and leave.
Roberts (2009)	Roberts 1957 Albany farm labour survey (Labour in the Farm Economy, 1958; interviews March 1957–June 1958, plus supplementary postal questionnaire)	1957-1958	Baseline for the 1957 comparison of wages, labour force composition and conditions, accessed through Roberts (1958) and Antrobus (1984).