Vulnerable Groups Indicator Report 2016

Statistics South Africa has published the Vulnerable Groups Indicator Report 2016. "A variety of interventions that seek to address challenges faced by different sectors of the population in the country such processes require adequate monitoring as well as information on key indicators that can be used for monitoring. The Vulnerable Groups sector is one of the most affected sectors of the population. Vulnerable Groups are defined as a part of the South African population that experience a higher risk of poverty and social exclusion than the general population. This sector requires particular effort to be made at all levels of policy planning and implementation to inform amongst other things resource allocation.

The current report focuses mainly on presenting data collected in 2016. The main sources of statistics reported on household, demographic and social indicators in this report are largely based on the General Household Survey (GHS). Economic indicators on the labour market were tabulated using the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (QLFS), while crime related indicators were calculated using data from the Victims of Crime Survey (VOCS). GHS, QLFS and VOCS household surveys each covering approximately 30 000 households that are representative of all nine provinces. All data from the abovementioned Stats SA surveys are weighted so as to make the results representative of the overall population of the country."