conduct interviews with 250 individuals along the Corridors of Freedom, 50 in Westbury, 100 around Park Station, 50 in the Orange Grove node and 50 in the Marlboro South node. The realised sample comprised 51 in Westbury; 100 in Park Station; 50 in Orange Grove and 55 in Marlboro South.
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INTRODUCTION This report is based on the analysis of data submitted by Outsourced Insight CC. It, therefore, draws heavily upon the survey methodology and preliminary findings reported by Outsourced Insight CC. The purpose of this study is to obtain a more detailed understanding of the socio-economic conditions along the Corridors of Freedom, which other research programmes such as the Census and the GCRO’s2 biennial Quality of Life Survey are not able to provide.
• Marlboro South is part of an older industrial area and lies along the Orange Grove Corridor; it has become a site of extreme marginalisation. • Park Station Precinct: lies in the heartland of Johannesburg CBD. The city centre is integral to the Corridors of Freedom because majors transport routes emanate from it and so it forms the ‘connective tissue’ of the Corridors of Freedom.
The key Corridor of Freedom nodes covered in this study are: • Westbury, Coronationville and Slovo Park Informal Settlement: residential areas located along the Empire-Perth Corridor of Freedom.
2.1. The scope of the research
The statistical analysis was undertaken using the STATA v.14 statistical package.
2.2. Limitations of the study The main limitations of the study were the fieldwork challenges encountered by the research team. This was particularly the case for the survey of businesses. Securing the participation of business managers and/or owners in the survey interviews was time consuming and sometimes not feasible.
2.3. Structure of the report The report is structured thematically covering the details of residents, businesses and ‘other users’ within each theme, where possible.
The study entailed a representative survey sample of households, businesses and other users in the identified key nodal areas.
• Louis Botha Avenue: this arterial road runs through some of the older suburbs in Johannesburg, and connects Pretoria to Johannesburg. A small section of the Corridor, between Osborn and Garden Roads, has been selected for the study. Table 1. Survey Sample Distribution
Node
Residents
Businesses
Other Users
Total
Westbury/ Coronationville/Joe Slovo Park Station Precinct Orange Grove (Louise Botha Avenue between Osborn and Garden Roads) Marlboro South Total
200 100 150
50 100 100
50 100 50
300 300 300
150 600
100 350
50 250
300 1200
The residential component of the survey aimed to conduct interviews with a selected respondent from each of 600 households selected randomly using a Kish grid in each of the four identified Corridors of Freedom nodes. The proposed sample was 200 in Westbury and 100 around Park Station, 150 in the Orange Grove node and 150 in the Marlboro South node. The realised sample was 534 (207 Westbury; 95 Park Station; 140 Orange Grove 149; 92 Marlboro South), with a number of responses being excluded because they had been sampled
outside of the nodes, especially beyond the border of Marlboro South in Alexandra. The business component of the survey involved interviews with owners of businesses, both formal and informal, operating along the Corridors of Freedom. The realised sample was 52 in Westbury; 75 at Park Station; 89 in Orange Grove and 63 in Marlboro South. The ‘Other User’ component of the survey aimed to
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Conditions of work and life
Conditions of work and life
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