Work Programme - Statistics South Africa

Living Conditions Survey (LCS):
data gap that prevents proper measurement of poverty levels and trends, as well as the ability to monitor the impact of
reporting on the MDGs, economic investment decisions, development assistance, and peer-review processes such as the
survey was developed by Stats SA to capture such multidimensionality.
during 2011/12. Stats SA will conduct research, consult with stakeholders and develop and test survey methodologies for
module that collects detail expenditure information. The continuous survey will replace the LCS and the IES. The results of
the 2013/14 LCS will be released in November 2014.
Table 1: Strategic plan targets
No.
Audited/actual performance
Estimated
performance
Medium-term targets
Strategic
objective Target 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15
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11. Expand
statistical
information
on living
conditions
Statistical
information
on the life
circumstances
of South
Africans
Published
annual report
on GHS
Published
annual report
on GHS
Published
annual report
on GHS
Introduce
enhanced
collection
methodology
for GHS
as part of
integrated
approach
Introduce
thematic
reports
focusing on
more in-depth
analysis of
GHS data
Conduct
feasibility
study for
including the
GHS in the
integrated
household
survey
programme
Test GHS as
part of the
integrated
household
survey
programme
Improve
processing
and analysis
turnaround
times of GHS
12. Expand
statistical
information
on living
conditions
Statistical
information on
the poverty
levels in SA
Conducted
stakeholders
workshops and
completed all
activities for
the planning
phase
Completed
LCS data
collection, data
processing
delayed and
commenced
with data
editing and
analysis
Completed
LCS report and
commenced
with
dissemination
plan
Publish results
of LCS
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