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SA has a long way to go for jobs, equality – Ipsos

30th April 2013

By: Natasha Odendaal

Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor

  

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A new Pulse of the People survey undertaken by research firm Ipsos has found that 38% – less than four in every ten – of adult South Africans is employed.

The survey, released on Tuesday, found that 28% of the working age population were employed full-time and 10% part time, while 4% of those surveyed were home executives, 13% students and 11% retired.

In many surveys post-1994, unemployment and the slow process of job creation were revealed as the largest of the challenges faced by the country.

“South Africa still has a long way to go in terms of dealing with unemployment and inequality,” the survey said, noting that women made up the higher proportion of those who were unemployed and educated.

Almost three in every ten – or 28% – of adults were unemployed and looking for work and the responses indicated that one in every four males fell into this category, while one-third of women surveyed indicated that they were out of work and looking for a job.

However, a substantial proportion – 27% – of those surveyed believed that jobs should rather go to men than women.

Of the females surveyed, only 23% were working full-time and 8% part time, compared with 34% of males working full-time and another 12% holding part time positions.

About 6% of the South Africans questioned – and marginally more females than males – were unemployed and were not job searching.

Further, a smaller proportion of females than males were currently receiving tertiary education. The survey revealed that 14% of the men surveyed were students, compared with 11% of the females.

Almost one in every five said the right to education – as guaranteed in the Constitution – was a male prerogative.

Meanwhile, Ipsos discovered that the average number of people in a household who earned an income in South Africa was 1.64.

One-quarter of households in South Africa earned more than R5 000 a month. About 9% and 7% of households earned a monthly income of between R5 000 and R7 999 and R8 000 and R11 999 respectively, while another 9% earned R12 000 and more a month.

While 16% and 12% of the households surveyed reported earning between R2 500 to R4 999 and R1 200 to R2 499 respectively, 8% said they earned less than R1 199 a month.

The survey noted that, of the 39% that declined to reveal their total household incomes, one-third of those were unemployed and searching for work, 24% were full-time workers, and students and retirees accounted for 17% and 9% respectively.

Meanwhile, one-third of adults in South Africa indicated that the government was doing “very well” or “fairly well” in dealing with unemployment and job creation.

This score was divided almost equally between those who were working and those who were not, reflecting that this was not only an issue for jobseekers.

Less than half (44%) of adult South Africans indicated that they believed government was “doing very or fairly well” in “narrowing the income gap between different race groups”.

The survey, undertaken between late October and early December, questioned 3 560 South Africans, 15 years and older. However, those below the age of 18 were filtered out of the results.

Ipsos said the margin of error of the study is 1.67%.

Edited by Chanel de Bruyn
Creamer Media Senior Deputy Editor Online

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