Post-enumeration Survey (PES) - Statistics South Africa

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CONCEPT
DEFINITION
In-movers Persons who were present in the household on the PES reference night (6–7
November), but who were absent on the census reference night (9–10 October).
Matching
Moving status
The process of matching entails the comparison of PES and census household
and person information in order to check whether everyone was enumerated
during census.
An indication of a household or a person's presence based on the PES and
census reference nights.
Non-movers Persons who were present in the household on the PES reference night (6–7
November), and who were also present on the census reference night (9–10
October).
Out-movers Persons who were absent from the household on the PES reference night (6–7
November), but who were present on the census reference night (9–10 October).
Out of scope
PES reference
night
Primary matching
variables
Secondary
matching
variables
Splitting
Sub-EA
Persons who are not non-movers, in-movers or out-movers.
PES reference night is the midnight between 06 and 07 November. It is in the
PES questionnaire.
The main variables used to determine a match status for persons; i.e. date of
birth, age, sex and population group.
These variables are not reliable enough to determine a match status for persons
(see primary matching variables). This includes relationship to head of household
and marital status.
The process of sub-dividing the large EAs into manageable portions that are
equivalent to normal EAs (150