{"id":13580,"date":"2020-08-30T18:17:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-30T16:17:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=13580"},"modified":"2020-08-30T18:21:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T16:21:12","slug":"continued-delay-in-the-release-of-qlfs-quarter-2-2020-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=13580","title":{"rendered":"Stats SA announces further delay in the release of QLFS Q2 results"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Media release\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030 August 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stats SA announces further delay in the release of QLFS Q2 results<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Statistics South Africa regrets to announce a further delay in the release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 2 2020 results, in light of a new collection methodology imposed by COVID-19 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The national statistics office suspended its fieldwork and face-to-face methods of administering questionnaires in the aftermath of lockdown imposed in the country on the 27th of March 2020 as part of measures to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got our fieldworkers off the field, re-organised our operations, and introduced the Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing method,\u201d said Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke at the statistical agency\u2019s head office at ISIbalo House in Pretoria.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Maluleke said additional data confrontation and analysis, based on historical data, needed to be done before the Quarter 2 2020 data can be published.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis process is taking longer than anticipated, and has resulted in additional delays to the publication date. The QLFS Q2 2020 results will therefore be published before the end of September 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stats SA acknowledges the importance of this dataset, particularly in light of the impact of COVID-19 on employment. It is for this reason that we are taking particular care to ensure that the data that we release meets international standards. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this delay is causing to the QLFS data users.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For technical inquiries contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malerato Mosiane<\/p>\n<p>Chief Director: Labour Statistics<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cell:<\/strong> 082\u00a0888 2449\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <strong>Email:<\/strong> <a href=\"mailto:maleratom@statssa.gov.za\">maleratom@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For media enquiries contact: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Felicia Sithole<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cell: <\/strong>076 430 0693<strong> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:felicias@statssa.gov.za\">felicias@statssa.gov.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Media release\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030 August 2020 Stats SA announces further delay in the release of QLFS Q2 results Statistics South Africa regrets to announce a further delay in the release of the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), Quarter 2 2020 results, in light of a new collection methodology imposed by COVID-19 restrictions. 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