National Income Dynamics Study 2017
South Africa, 2017
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ZAF_2017_NIDS-W5_v01_M
National Income Dynamics Study 2017
Wave 5
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | ZAF |
Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]
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.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Households and individuals
Version
v1.0.0: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution.
2018
Version 1.0 of the National Income Dynamics Study Wave 5 2017 public release dataset was produced on the 13th of August 2018.
Scope
Data on the following topics was collected during the panel survey:
HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, household roster, mortality history, living standards, expenditure, consumption, negative events, positive events, agriculture
ADULTS: Demographics, education, labour market participation, income, health, well-being, numeracy, anthropometric data
CHILDREN: Education, health, family support, grants, anthropometric data, numeracy
Coverage
National coverage
The lowest level of geographic aggregration covered by the dataset is District municipality
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
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit | University of Cape Town |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation | Government of South Africa | Commissioners of Wave 4 |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation | Funding agency |
Data collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 2017 | Wave 5 |
In the interviews for the survey paper consent forms are issued in all languages and the informed consent process is conducted in the respondent's language of choice. For each questionnaire, two sets of consent forms are signed. One signed copy remains with respondent and the other is returned to the NIDS office. These forms carry unique bar-coded numbers that are entered into the CAPI system. Similarly, the household and person level IDs are displayed on the CAPI system and written onto the consent forms so that cross-referencing is possible. Data coming in from the field are accepted as valid only if NIDS has a signed consent form for each interview that produced the data. If signed consent forms are not located, the associated interviews are deleted from the dataset.
Wave 5
A youth care consent form is signed for young adults (15-17 years old) by the young adult's caregiver. In Wave 5, in addition to this, assent forms were signed by the young adults themselves.
Anthropometric assent forms were also required for children 7 to 10 years old. These assent forms were completed based on the child indicating their willingness to be measured as part of the anthropometric module. During Wave 5 proxy respondents were also contacted directly to get their verbal consent for the interview to be conducted on their behalf, in addition to the person responding for them signing consent.
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | http://support.data1.st.org | support@data1st.org |
| 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. |
Public use files, available to all
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. National Income Dynamics Study 2017, Wave 5 [dataset]. Version 1.0.0 Pretoria: Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation [funding agency]. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [implementer], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. 10.25828/fw3h-v708
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | http://support.data1st.org |
Metadata production
DDI_ZAF_2017_NIDS-W5_v01_M
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata creation |
2018-08-28
Metadata version
Version 02 (March 2019): This metadata is identical to zaf-saldru-nids-2017-v1.0.0 which was downloaded from the DataFirst website. The survey ID has been edited according to Microdata Library naming schema.