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National Income Dynamics Study Administrative Dataset

South Africa, 2008 - 2010
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ZAF_2008-2011_NIDSAD_v01_M
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Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
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    Survey ID number

    ZAF_2008-2011_NIDSAD_v01_M

    Title

    National Income Dynamics Study Administrative Dataset

    Subtitle

    Waves 1&2 (2008, 2010-2011)

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZAF
    Study type

    Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

    Abstract

    The National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) is a face-to-face longitudinal survey of individuals living in South Africa as well as their households. The survey was designed to give effect to the dimensions of the well-being of South Africans, to be tracked over time. At the broadest level, these were:
    Wealth creation in terms of income and expenditure dynamics and asset endowments;
    Demographic dynamics as these relate to household composition and migration;
    Social heritage, including education and employment dynamics, the impact of life events (including positive and negative shocks), social capital and intergenerational developments;
    Access to cash transfers and social services

    Wave 1 of the survey, conducted in 2008, collected the detailed information for the national sample. In 2010/2011 Wave 2 of NIDS re-interviewed these people, gathering information on developments in their lives since they were interviewed first in 2008. As such, the comparison of Wave 1 and Wave 2 information provides a detailed picture of how South Africans have fared over two years of very difficult socio-economic circumstances.

    This administrative dataset is for schools attended by NIDS respondents. The dataset was created by matching the names of schools with Department of Education (DoE) registered lists of schools in South Africa. A detailed description of the matching process is provided in the user manual, which includes a description of the inherent limitations associated with conducting such an exercise.

    Kind of Data

    Administrative records data [adm]

    Unit of Analysis

    The units of analysis in the dataset are schools

    Version

    Version Description

    v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution.

    Version Date

    2012-11-29

    Version Notes

    Version 1 of the National Income Dynamics Study Waves 1&2 2008 Administrative Dataset was released on 20121129

    Scope

    Notes

    The data is on the schools attended by NIDS respondents.This covers the Province in which the school is situated, the education phase of the school (primary, secondary, combined), the learner-teacher ratio in the school, whether the school is a fee-paying school, and under which authority the school was originally located (DET, WCED).

    Keywords
    Agriculture Shocks Demography Intra-household allocation Health Education Migration Remittances Integration Credit Assets Social networks Social cohesion

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregration covered by the dataset is province. Data that includes the full geo-coding is available for use at the NIDS operations office at the University of Cape Town. Applications to use this data can be made by emailing: nids-survey@uct.ac.za

    Universe

    The target population for NIDS was private households in all nine provinces of South Africa, and residents in workers' hostels, convents and monasteries. The frame excludes other collective living quarters, such as student hostels, old age homes, hospitals, prisons and military barracks.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit University of Cape Town
    Producers
    Affiliation Role
    SALDRU, University of Cape Town Project Manager
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    The Presidency, Government of South Africa Funder

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2008 2010-02 Wave 1
    Supervision

    National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) supervisory staff

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    National Income Dynamics Study University of Cape Town http://www.nids.uct.ac.za
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    yes Registering to use the NIDS data includes agreement that the data user will not attempt to identify specific individuals from the data.
    Citation requirements

    Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. 2012. National Income Dynamics Study Waves 1&2, 2008-2011: Administrative Dataset [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [producer], 2012. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The original collector of the data (The National Income Dynamics Study), the distributor (DataFirst), and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    NIDS Project University of Cape Town nids-survey@uct.ac.za
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org/

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_ZAF_2008-2011_NIDSAD_v01_M

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata creation
    Date of Metadata Production

    2012-12-06

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 1.1

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