Khayelitsha Rodent Study 2017-2018
South Africa, 2017 - 2018
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ZAF_2017_KRS_v01_M
Khayelitsha Rodent Study 2017-2018
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | ZAF |
Other Household Survey [hh/oth]
The main objective of the Khayelitsha Rodent Study (KRS) was to explore the nature of rodent infestation and attitudes to rodent control and poison use in Site C Khayelitisha, Cape Town, South Africa. The KRS originated in response to the controversy over a Public Works Programme (PWP) run by the Khayeltisha Environmental Health Unit in which previously unemployed people were hired to set cage traps in people’s homes and then drown the captured rats. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) threatened legal action (because drowning animals is illegal) and the PWP resorted to using poison to destroy the rats.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households
Version
v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
Scope
The survey collected data on households (dwelling type and condition, tenure type, access to electricity, water and sanitation services, asset ownership, and garbage disposal), household members (birthplace, gender, age, home language, education level, employment status and levels of trust). Data was also collected on attitudes to domestic and animals, wildlife and national parks, as well as the presence and control of rats and mice.
Coverage
The survey covered selected households in Khayelitsha Site C in Cape Town, South Africa.
The data is available at the level of Census Small Area.
The survey covered households in Site C, Khayelitsha
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Centre for Social Science Research | University of Cape Town |
| Institute for Communities and Wildlife | University of Cape Town |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Centre for Social Science Research | Funder |
| Institute for Communities and Wildlife | Funder |
| National Research Foundation | Funder |
Sampling
The Khayelitsha Rodent Study was a two-stage, stratified random sample conducted between 08-08-2017 and 30-06-2018 in Site C, Khayelitsha, South Africa. Using the 'Small Areas' demarcated by the 2011 census as the primary sampling unit, we drew a stratified two-stage random sample. The Small Areas were stratified according to whether they covered formal housing areas (i.e. had a cadastral layer) or were informal shack settlements (without such a layer). The secondary sampling unit (SSU) was dwellings within each Small Area. The sample of 222 households was drawn from, 11 Small Areas as defined in the 2013 South African census. The number of dwellings in a formal Small Area are on average 211 and 205 in the informal areas. The number of respondents per Small Area is given by Table 1. The variables PSU and stratum capture this in the dataset.
Two weights are provided in the Khayelitsha Rodent Study dataset: PP_weight is an individual level weight and HH_weight is a household weight.
Survey instrument
The questionnaire version V1.03 is the latest one used in the field. This version differs from the first version deployed in that it incorporates questions q73.1 to q74.5 directly. These questions were administered by telephone to respondents who answered an earlier version of the questionnaire.
Data collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2017-08-08 | 2018-06-30 |
Ethics approval for the survey was obtained through the University of Cape Town’s Research Ethics Committee (REC/2017/03/001 and REC/2018/02/006).
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | support.data1st.org | support@data1st.org |
Public use files, available to all
Centre for Social Science Research and the Institute for Communities and Wildlife, University of Cape Town. 2018. Khayelitsha Rodent Study 2017-2018 [Dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: CSSR and iCWild [producers], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018.10.25828/69td-0531
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst support | University of Cape Town | support@data1.st.org | www.support.data1st.org |
Metadata production
DDI_ZAF_2017_KRS_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata producer |
2018-11-30
Metadata version
Version 02 (March 2019): This metadata is identical to zaf-cssr-icwild-krs-2017-2018-v1 which was downloaded from the DataFirst website. The survey ID has been edited according to Microdata Library naming schema.