Stats SA Labour Force Survey and unemployment data

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	official statistical series
Producer	Statistics South Africa
Coverage	1994-2004
Works using it	2

Debates

Debate	Works
Cheap labour thesis and the function of the reserves	1
The job colour bar, white labour and its erosion	1
Education, Bantu Education and skills	1
Homelands, separate development, decentralisation and removals	1
Long-run legacy and persistence of apartheid	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
McGrath et al. (2004a)	Statistics South Africa Labour Force Survey and HRD Review 2003 compilations (McCord, McCord & Bhorat, Devey et al.)	1994–2002	Unemployment rates and jobless growth statistics used to frame the limits of the NSDS.
Wilson (2011)	Statistics SA official and expanded unemployment definitions (Lehohla, Business Report, 14 Oct 2004)	2004	Source for the definitions behind unemployment rates of 25% (narrow) to 41% (expanded).