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Morning everyone! We will be doing text-based-Q&A throughout the webinar so if you have any questions for any of the authors please click on the “Q&A” button at the bottom of your Zoom and type in your question. One of the authors will answer it. It’s best not to post them in the general chat but rather in the Zoom Q&A section. Thanks!

Good morning All. Looking forward to a great interaction.

Morning. Will a recording of this webinar be available afterwards and when?

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@Pali Lehohla and @Reza, I see this the QES that shows a 532,000 emp loss, or -5.4%. QES is a different sample, but perhaps that is a strength since it is a relatively independent source (I haven't looked much though into how QES methodology changed over pandemic). This emp loss seems consistent with QLFS, which is interesting and perhaps highlights that the NIDS sample does seem to be more prone to bounce-back (as we saw from the 2008 recession too). Ofc lots to learn from all sources, but worth keeping in mind.

@Reza, that's a great point thanks! Would be great to investigate the impact of this for the QES estimates.

@SusanGoldstein: I agree. Thanks for your comments and inputs

Yes Piet the young people are far less likely to accept vaccine, the elderly far more likely

Agreed this has been amazing work! Thank you to the NIDS-CRAM team and the funders!

Absolutely- the co-ordination and implementation has been impressive and would be a useful learning brief to develop in terms of mechanics and best practice. Thank you to everyone your work has been incredibly valuable.

@Neil. Yes, we include people who perceive themselves as living in an ‘informal settlement’ as well as those who were living in a shack on somebody else’s residence (i.e. backyarding - which is expanding at an exponential rate). Both are important segments in understanding our urban communities.

The whole NIDS and CRAM teams have done utterly compelling and very valuable work. You and your funders can feel so proud. Lets hope this continues post the pandemic

Congratulations and well done to everyone involved! It was a privilege to be involved.

Well done. Really important findings and very well presented.

Well done to all involved! Really impressive.

Thank you Sanna. As a NIDS-CRAM researcher, hearing the feedback from your team is very heartening!

It is so wonderful and such a privilege to have the ex SG, Pali Lehohla, as an active participant with us today. He played a huge role in supporting the NIDS project from the outset as well as in ensuring an active mutual learning and capacity building relationship with StatsSA. It takes years and vision to build the capacity to respond to such a moment.

Pali, here is the paper comparing employment in NIDS-CRAM and QLFS - https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/1.-Spaull-N.-Daniels-R.-C-et-al.-2021-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-5-Synthesis-Report.pdf

The journalist stories around Limpopo are that health workers have made a concerted effort to go door to door, as well as consulting with a range of leaders including traditional leaders. This seems to have made a difference.

@Pali - I think the point you are raising around employment is very important. There are big methodological differences between NIDS-CRAM and the QLFS that could affect the different jobs numbers. Daniels et al cover some of this in their paper. In addition to sampling issues, the reference period is key. NIDS-CRAM captures employment any time in a specific month; the QLFS in the previous 7 days. And because the QLFS interviews are over a 3-month quarter, the big shifts month-to-month that NIDS-CRAM captures are smoothed over by the QLFS 'averaging approach'. Having said that, NIDS-CRAM still finds that employment is down roughly 750 000 jobs in March 2021 compared to pre-Covid (for 18y+). But we shy away from using the absolute numbers because our margins of error are too large (and focus instead on the emp-to-pop ratios).

Limpopo just shows what can be done with limited resources!

All papers are now up on the website here: https://cramsurvey.org/reports/#wave-5

Thanks to everyone involved, it’s felt very meaningful to be a part of it, and great to get a reminder today of the respondents and interviewers who are the foundation of everything we’ve been doing

Strength of community based structures, social mobilisation and existing community infrastructure developed over time, essentially our of necessity and the resilience strategies developed over time_might be the reason for this outcome in Limpopo?

What an incredible achievement. Well done, well done, well done and thank you to everyone involved!

Thanks Nic, Reza, Tim, Kim and everyone for making this happen

I'm glad you twisted my arm Nic! Loved being a part of this. Congratulations to you and Reza and all the others

Congratulations Nic and team

Data also lifesaver for PhD students who cannot do fieldwork!

Dear Mr Pali Lehohla, how can I contact you?

Amazing congratulations everyone!

Thank you everyone. A great experience.

Thanks to all involved with this wonderful project.