Community-Level Social Dynamics Survey 2016-2017
South Africa, 2016 - 2017
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Community-Level Social Dynamics Survey 2016-2017
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | ZAF |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
Freedom House South Africa commissioned Social Surveys Africa to implement the Community Level Social Dynamics Survey. The survey was designed to support the intervention "Combatting Drivers of Xenophobic Violence programme," implemented by Freedom House South Africa and partners in 16 communities across South Africa. The survey in ten communities aimed to improve understanding of the factors contributing to social cohesion. It was part of a larger research programme which included in-depth qualitative case studies of all 16 communities.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households and individuals
Version
V1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
2017
Scope
The survey collected the following data on enumerated households:
- Respondents' neighbourhood and dwelling (from observation)
- Demographic data (age, education-level, language, nationality, place of birth)
- Data on migration, mobility and relationship to place
- Data on socio-economic standing (life satisfaction, family support, employment, income, transport, access to and use of media, including ICT)
- Social activities and interactions
- Political activities and trust in government entities
- Beliefs and values
Coverage
The survey covered 10 communities in 6 provinces (Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Limpopo, North West and Western Cape) in South Africa.
The lowest level of geographic aggregation of the data is sub-place, that is, the surveyed neighbourhoods.
The survey enumerated residents in the 10 communities aged 18+
Producers and sponsors
| Name |
|---|
| Social Surveys Africa |
| Freedom House |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Freedom House | Funder |
Sampling
The sample sites for the Freedom House Social Cohesion Survey 2016-2017 were drawn from the Combatting Drivers of Xenophobic Violence programme that had been running since March 2016.
The programme was conducted in 16 sites in 6 provinces (Eastern Cape, Gauteng, Kwa-Zulu Natal, Limpopo, North West and Western Cape) in South Africa, and is guided by Freedom House's working model of what is likely to lead to an 'at-risk' community.
The initial survey design was to conduct the same survey instrument as a baseline and endline 12 months apart in the same 5 sites in order to:
a) Inform the intervention to be conducted by the local MXV implementing partner peace building teams, and
b) Evaluate whether the intervention had had an effect.
The sites were selected purposively by FH in consultation with SSA. The sites were chosen to encapsulate the various contexts in terms of settings, that is, types of settlements (rural, peri-urban and urban) and geographical spread across provinces.
After the completion of the first phase in mid-2016 the design was changed so that the second phase would be implemented in five new sites rather than returning to the same sites. This was because:
a) The timing of the intervention and the study: the intervention had already been active for a longer period, so the survey field work could not be taken as a baseline
b) The timeframe of measuring impact would have to be longer than 12 months
c) Phase 1 field work took place just before local government elections, which is a very particular period in which to ask community residents about political participation and perceptions, so findings would not be comparable with other periods of time.
The total sample of sites was therefore 10 out of the 16 possible intervention sites.
Within each broad intervention site, specific wards or sections of wards were purposively sampled by FHSA, as shown in Table 1, based on the following criteria:
• Areas where the intervention was taking place
• Areas representing a diversity of settlement types within the site, e.g. informal and formal housing areas; areas with predominantly Black or 'Coloured' residents; commercial farming areas, township areas and formal 'town' areas.
• Excluding extremely dangerous or hard to access sites, such as the Glebeland Hostel in Durban South.
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-13 | 2016-06-28 | Phase 1 |
| 2017-01-17 | 2017-02-04 | Phase 2 |
| Name |
|---|
| Social Surveys Africa |
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | support.data1st.org | support@data1st.org |
Public use files, available to all
Freedom House.2017. Community-level Social Dynamics Survey 2016-2017 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town and Johannesburg: Social Surveys Africa and Freedom [producers], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017.
Disclaimer and copyrights
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Support | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | http://www.support.data1st.org/helpdesk |