PROVIDE Project Technical Paper 2005:1
February 2005
List of Figures
Figure 1: Comparing LFS 2000:2 and IES 2000 average wages and employment figures ....12
Figure 2: Comparing patterns of expenditure from IES 2000 and SUT 2000 ........................19
Figure 3: Comparing patterns of expenditure from IES 2000, SUT 2000 and SARB 2000...20
Figure 4: Relative income sources by income deciles ............................................................24
Figure 5: Food budget share by expenditure deciles using adult equivalent scales................24
Figure 6: Average tax rates by expenditure deciles ................................................................27
Figure 7: Savings rate by expenditure deciles.........................................................................27
Figure 8: Do-file structure of ies2000.do ................................................................................29
Figure 9: Do-file structure of ies2000h.do ..............................................................................30
Figure 10: Distribution of the difference between income and expenditure (variable diff)....54
Figure 11: Distribution of the relative income and expenditure difference (variable diffp) ...55
Figure 12: Do-file structure of adjustments.do .......................................................................57
Figure 13: Total value of transfer payments and receipts by income decile...........................67
Figure 14: Transfer payments and receipts as a percentage of total income ..........................68
List of Tables
Table 1: Percentage differences (employment and wages).....................................................13
Table 2: Cross-tabulation of employment data.......................................................................14
Table 3: Cross-tabulating gender, location and race...............................................................16
Table 4: Comparing patterns of expenditure from IES 2000, SUT 2000 and SARB 2000 ....19
Table 5: Comparing IES 2000 and SARB 2000 income and expenditure patterns ................21
Table 6: Tax rates reported in IES 2000 (R millions).............................................................25
Table 7: Occupation codes (variable factors) .........................................................................35
Table 8: Uncoded, miscoded and true missing values in IES 2000 .......................................40
Table 9: Four error types in housing section (monthly instalment on bond)..........................42
Table 10: Forming deciles using income and expenditure......................................................56
Table 11: Commodity accounts and other expenditure categories .........................................66
Table 12: Adjusted transfers data extracted from IES 2000 ...................................................69
Table 13: Inter-household transfers sub-matrix......................................................................70
Table 14: Final inter-household transfers matrix....................................................................70
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