If you missed the launch of the @NIDS_CRAM Wave 1 findings then this is my summary....a thread! All findings from this synthesis report: https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf ...1/n

(1) 3-million South Africans lost their jobs during lockdown (Feb 2020 to April 2020) [note that's 3x more than during financial crisis] https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf 2/n

(2) This is an 18% decline in employment (February to April) (Feb 2020 to April 2020) https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf 3/n

(3) 1-in-3 South African income earners in Feb 2020 did not earn an income in April 2020. https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf @NIDS_CRAM 4/n

(4) At least 1,5-million more had jobs, but no pay: In addition to the 3-million people who lost their job, an additional 1,5-million (9%) reported zero pay although a job to return to. https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf @NIDS_CRAM 5/n

(5) Job losses disproportionately on the poor: The rates of net job loss are much higher for manual labourers (-24%) compared to professionals (-5%), for those with verbal contracts (-22%) compared to those with written contracts (-8%) https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf @NIDS_CRAM 6/n

(6) Job losses heavily influenced by race and income. The poor (<R300/mo) were 8x more likely to lose their job Feb--> April compared to the Rich (>R24k/mo) https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf @NIDS_CRAM 7/n

(6) Employed Whites in Feb faced 11% job losses, Employed Black Africans faced 28% job losses. Black Africans also 2x as likely to be furloughed (i.e. job but no pay) https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf @NIDS_CRAM 8/n

(6) Women bore the brunt of job losses: Of the 3-million job losses 2-million were women. Slides from Casale & Posel--> https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Casale-Gender-the-early-effects-of-the-COVID-19-crisis-in-the-paid-unpaid-economies-in-South-Africa.pdf @NIDS_CRAM 9/n

(7) Half of households (47%) ran out of money to buy food in April: 1-in-2 respondents indicated that their household had run out of money to buy food in the month of April. https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf @NIDS_CRAM
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(8) 1-in-5 (22%) said that someone in the HH went hungry in the last week, & 1-in-7 respondents that a child went hungry in the last week. 7% of adults and 4% of children were perpetually hungry (hunger ‘every day’ or almost every day’) https://cramsurvey.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Spaull-et-al.-NIDS-CRAM-Wave-1-Synthesis-Report-Overview-and-Findings-1.pdf @NIDS_CRAM
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(9) There is only so much you can say in tweets...there are 12 academic papers on everything from migration to COVID-19 risk perceptions, income loss, grant receipt etc etc. All papers are freely avail here https://cramsurvey.org/reports/  All data avail here: https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/817 n/n