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Quality of Life Survey 2023-2024
Round 7

South Africa, 2023 - 2024
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Reference ID
ZAF_2023_QoLS-R7_v01_M
Producer(s)
Gauteng City-Region Observatory
Metadata
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    ZAF_2023_QoLS-R7_v01_M
    Title

    Quality of Life Survey 2023-2024
    Subtitle

    Round 7
    Abbreviation or Acronym

    QoLS 2023-24
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZAF
    Study type

    Household Survey
    Abstract

    This dataset is from the Gauteng City-Region Observatory which is a partnership between the University of Johannesburg, the University of the Witwatersrand, the Gauteng Provincial Government and several Gauteng municipalities, including the Gauteng Provincial Government, as well as the South African Local Government Association (SALGA). The GCRO conducted Quality of Life Surveys in 2009 (Round 1), 2011 (Round 2), 2013-2014 (Round 3) and 2015-2016 (Round 4), 2017-2018 (Round 5), and 2020-2021 ( Round 6). Round 7 took place from 11 September 2023 to 19 April 2024 and is the latest round of the survey.
    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 01: Edited, anonymised dataset shared under a CC-BY attribution-only license
    Version Date

    2024

    Scope

    Notes

    The GCRO Quality of Life Survey collects demographic data on the enumerated population (population group, gender, age, language); and data on housing (dwelling type, tenure, satisfaction with dwelling, perceived quality of housing and housing allocation); household services (water, sanitation, refuse, energy sources); migration; health (including disability); education; employment (including employment sector); community services and amenities; transport; leisure activities; safety and crime; financial data on households (including on debts, income, and social grants); household assets; public participation and governance; and the perceived personal well-being and quality of life of respondents.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey covers the Gauteng Province in South Africa.
    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation in the data is the Ward level
    Universe

    The survey covers all adult residents in Gauteng Province, South Africa.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Gauteng City-Region Observatory
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Gauteng Provincial Government Funder
    City of Johannesburg Funder

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires

    GCRO conducted a consultative process for the questionnaire for the Quality of Life Survey Round 7 during which various modules were integrated into the Round 7 questionnaire. These modules include Administrative, Demographics, Core services, Environment/Sustainability, Governance, Health, Social mobility, Economic, Social cohesion, Community attitudes, Transport, Experiences of violence, Life satisfaction, Crime and Safety, and Migration.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2023-09-28 2024-04-19
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face
    Data Collectors
    Name
    GeoSpace International

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License
    Citation requirements

    Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO). Quality of Life Survey 2023-2024, Round 7 [dataset]. Version 1. Johannesburg: GCRO [producer], 2024. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2024. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/v2ky-v879

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ZAF_2023_QoLS-R7_v01_M
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata Producer
    Development Data Group DECDG The World Bank Metadata adapted for World Bank Microdata Library
    Date of Metadata Production

    2024-12-03

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Identical to a metadata (zaf-gcro-qols-2023-2024-v1) published on DataFirst microdata repository (https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog). Some of the metadata fields have been edited.
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