{"id":14492,"date":"2021-06-30T14:22:06","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T12:22:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=14492"},"modified":"2021-06-30T14:46:21","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T12:46:21","slug":"stats-sa-suspends-field-visits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=14492","title":{"rendered":"Stats SA Suspends Field Visits"},"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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030 June 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Stats SA Suspends Field Visits <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has suspend in-person data collection following new COVID-19 Alert Level 4 restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>The national statistical agency had resumed limited field visits across the country in April this year after pulling out in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll face-to-face data collection methods are suspended as part of precautionary measures to prevent transmission of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>The rising infections require all of us to remain vigilant and follow all the protocols,\u201d said Statistician-General Risenga Maluleke.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Stats SA has also taken a decision to delay the start of Pilot Census enumeration.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr Maluleke said Stats SA will continue with telephonic data collection for all household surveys in order to provide credible statistics to the nation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot overstate the importance of continuing with data collection. Our data ensures that evidence-based decision making is used in policy formulation,\u201d said Mr Maluleke.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Maluleke said Stats SA will use alternative interviewing modes, including computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) and computer-assisted web interviewing (CAWI), to protect both households and fieldworkers against COVID-19 infection.<\/p>\n<p>Stats SA is appealing to sampled households to cooperate with the national statistics office by participating in all its statistical surveys.<br \/>\nEnds<\/p>\n<p><strong>Media enquiries contact: Felicia Sithole Cell: 0764300693: Email: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:felicias@statssa.gov.za\"><strong>felicias@statssa.gov.za<\/strong><\/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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a030 June 2021 Stats SA Suspends Field Visits Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) has suspend in-person data collection following new COVID-19 Alert Level 4 restrictions. The national statistical agency had resumed limited field visits across the country in April this year after pulling out in March 2020. \u201cAll face-to-face data collection methods are&nbsp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/?p=14492\" class=\"btn btn-mini btn-info pull-right\" style=\"margin:10px 30px;\">read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[44,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-press-statements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14492"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14500,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14492\/revisions\/14500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.statssa.gov.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}