If you are interested in the extent of service delivery in South Africa, it might be good to know that it can be measured from two different fronts. In most instances, the extent of service delivery is measured from the demand side. Surveys such as the Population Census, Community Survey (CS) and General Household Survey   read more »

Media Release                                                                                                 2 June 2016 General Household Survey (GHS) 2015   More people continued to rely on state coffers as the percentage of individuals that benefited from social grants increased from 12,7% in 2003 to 30,1% in 2015. The percentage of households that received at least one grant increased from 29,9% to 45,5% in   read more »

Data from Stats SA’s latest Financial statistics of national government report1 provides some insights into government spending on social grants. Below are just two examples about the grant spending social welfare system in South Africa. Fact 1: For every R100 national government spends on social grants, R42 goes to family and children grants; R41 goes   read more »

Press Statement                                                                                                            12 May 2016   Quest for Nodal Development: Evidence from Census 2001 and Census 2011 (Report No. 03-10-14) According to the South African Multidimensional Poverty Index (SAMPI), the number of households that were multidimensionally poor in South Africa had decreased to 8.0% by 2011 from 18.2% in 2001. The decrease   read more »

Focus of 5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians The Conference will also take advantage of being held in the week of 16 June 2016 to address the elusive topic of statistical leadership with young professionals as leaders of tomorrow’s statistical community.  The 16th June is a day celebrated in South Africa to commemorate brave   read more »

9 May 2016   Unemployment increased in the first quarter of 2016 Employment declined by 2,2% or 355 000 in Q1: 2016, which combined with an increase in the number of unemployed persons of 521 000 resulted in an unemployment rate of 26,7%; this was 2,2 percentage points higher compared to that reported in Q4: 2015. However,   read more »

Welcome to the page of ISIbalo-4: Maths, Stats & Geography Education. Maths, statistics and geography … three core subjects that form a basic foundation for the basket of disciplines required by the statistical value chain and official statistics.The history of separate development in South Africa, gave rise to an intended consequence of generations of people   read more »

Upcoming Events A number of upcoming events include: Conference of the Population Ascociation of South Africa 2016 www.populationassociationsa.co.za Africa Symposium for Statistical Development 2016 www.statssa.gov.za South African Statistical Association Conference 2016 www.sastat.org.za 5thISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians 2016 www.statssa.gov.za 61st World Congress of the ISI 2017 www.isi2017.org 28th International Population Conference 2017 www.iussp.org

DOCUMENTS Scientific Writing and publications, Download (PPT 7411KB) PHIA Surveys overview w Flowchart, Download (PPTX 927KB) ISIbalo PHIA intro Sally, Download (PPTX 1603KB) Collinson Data Methods and Sources Isibalo June 2016, Download (PPTX 6501KB) Writing a successful research proposal, Download (PPT 5949KB) ISIbalo training session on Presenting Data v01, Download (PPTX 8776KB) Demographic Dividend in   read more »

5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians  Theme: Population and Sustainable Development in Africa Pretoria, SOUTH AFRICA 13-17 June 2016 About the 5th ISIbalo Conference of African Young Statisticians  Focus of the Conference  Themes  5th Young Statisticians Program Outline