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Gender Issues and the
Production of Labour Statistics
Yandiswa Mpetsheni
South Africa
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Contents
• Background
• Gender gaps in labour statistics
• Addressing gender gaps
• Challenges
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Background to gender statistics
• A gender unit established in 1999
• Time use survey conducted
• Publication on women and men in South Africa done
• Collaborated with ILO a publication on women and men
in the informal economy (2002)
• Analysis of all household based surveys by sex
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Gender gaps in labour stats
Gender unit was dissolved and resulted in
the following:
– No advocacy for gender issues in labour
stats
– Analysis done by sex but does not cover
issues relating to understanding gender
differences.
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Gender gaps in labour stats
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• Work done in combination with domestic
chores
• Looking after children and the elderly/sick
• Work carried out intermittently over the
year
• Total hours worked including domestic
chores
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Addressing gender gaps
• Need to conduct a time use survey on regular
basis
• TUS to be a supplement of the LFS – to be
driven by user demand
• Need to do more gender based analysis and not
analysis of key indicators by sex
• Need to revive the gender unit
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Challenges
• LFS not best vehicle for measurement of gender
issues
• Stats SA priorities in view of limited resources –
cannot fund a dedicated survey
• Educating policy makers on the importance of
funding a gender focused survey eg.TUS
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Thank You
Website: www.statssa.gov.za
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