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The population figures have been updated to the 2009 BMR estimates, but with an increase of a mere 0.7%, or 218 000 more people, this will not have much of an impact on the survey. The population figure for 2009 is 31,523-million adults, aged 16 and up.
The LSM variables have remained unchanged since AMPS 2008B (Jan-Dec 2008), but there have been proportional shifts for three groups.
The household income groups have remained unchanged, but there are fewer households with very low incomes, and significantly more households in the top income group. Since the fieldwork period for AMPS 2009A covered months affected by the economic downturn, further analysis was done.
For the first time in nine years, there has been a decrease in average household income on the previous survey - from R7135 in 2008B, to R6928 per month. Considering inflation at 8.0% (Jan 2009), there was a real decline of 6.6%.
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