Lesotho/Basutoland censuses

Literature › Primary sources

Kind	population census
Producer	Government of Lesotho
Coverage	1956-1980
Works using it	1

Debates

Debate	Works
The mine migrant labour system: origins, recruitment, foreign labour and stabilisation	1

Works using this source

Work	As cited	Period	How used
Cobbe (1986)	Lesotho census data on age structure and education statistics (1979 examination figures)	c.1980	Indicates about 30,000 persons a year reaching age 15 and thousands of school leavers, implying youth employment crisis.
Cobbe (1986)	Lesotho census of 1976 (female temporary migrants) and village-level studies	1976	Indicates illegal female migration of 3 to 10 per cent absentee rates.