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SALDRU/UCT Cape Peninsula migrant labour project surveys (hostels, employers, Schneier household survey)

Literature › Primary sources

Kind author survey or fieldwork
Producer SALDRU/UCT project team
Coverage 1981-1982
Works using it 1

Debates

Debate Works
Coloured Labour Preference policy in the Western Cape 1
Worker consciousness, strikes and conflict on the mines and shop floor 1

Works using this source

Work As cited Period How used
Goldin (1984) Employers' postal survey (grid sample) and in-depth interviews with twenty representative firms (22 000 workers) 1981/82 Provides the racial-occupational distribution of the workforce (Table 6) and employer attitudes to Coloured, contract and illegal labour.
Goldin (1984) Schneier survey of random sample of houses in Langa, Nyanga and Gugulethu (non-hostel residents) 1981/82 Comparison group for legal status, education, employment and occupation against hostel dwellers (Tables 8, 9, 13, 16).