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Women and Land Survey 2009-2010

South Africa, 2009 - 2010
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zaf-case-wls-2009-2010-v1.1
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Community Agency for Social Enquiry
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • Data appraisal
  • access_policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-case-wls-2009-2010-v1.1
    Title
    Women and Land Survey 2009-2010
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Household Survey [hh]
    Series Information
    Community Agency for Social Enquiry. Women and Land Survey 2009-10 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Johannesburg. Community Agency for Social Enquiry [producer], 2011. Cape Town. DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/0btc-vv82
    Abstract
    The overarching aim of the research was to investigate the nature of women’s land rights in three rural ex-homeland areas of South Africa. In particular, the survey aimed to explore how women access land (including different types of land such as residential and fields), their actual use of the different types of land, their decision making capacity in relation to the different categories of land, and the extent of their security or vulnerability to eviction. The survey also aimed to explore the impact of marital status on the nature and content of women’s land rights.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    v1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
    Version Date
    2014
    Version Notes
    Version 1 of the Women and Land Survey 2009-10 was obtained from the Community Agency for Social Enquiry (CASE) on the 19th of November 2013.

    Version 1.1 has the following changes to the data files:

    Individual data files for the three survey sites are divided into four types:
    Respondent's children [Question 21]
    Household member [Question 1]
    Household land file [Question 22 to 26]
    Respondent [Questions 2 to 20 and Questions 27 to 42]

    The files for each survey site are then combined to make the following files:
    wls-2009-2010-children-v1.1
    wls-2009-2010-hhmembers-v1.1
    wls-2009-2010-land-v1.1
    wls-2009-2010-person-v1.1

    Scope

    Notes

    The scope of the Women and Land Survey 2009-2010 includes:

    Household characteristics: land ownership and use
    Individuals' characteristics: demographic characteristics, marital status, rights and access to household land.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The three survey sites were: Keiskammahoek (Eastern Cape province), Msinga (KwaZulu-Natal province) and Ramatlabama (North West province)
    Universe
    The survey covered all resident women (excluding lodgers and employees) aged 18 years and above.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Community Agency for Social Enquiry
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    International Development Research Centre
    United Nations Development Programme (Gender Team)

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2009-01 2010-12

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal
    1. In the KKH household members file, there is a duplicate member (QNUM 1061 and persnum 26)
    2. In the KKH childrens file, there is a child record with no information (QNUM=1748 and kidnum=4)
    3. There are 14 duplicates in the Msinga household members file
    4. There are children missing in the Msinga childrens' file with QNUM(kidnum) combinations as follows 111(1), 711(6), 956(1) and 970(1).
    5. In the Ramatlabama household members file, individuals are not unique (QNUM (2019 and 2909) and persnum)

    Clarification on codes for the Marital Status variable was obtained from the data producers. This information can be added to some of the value labels for this variable, namely:

    12 Ganile (=married with customary procedures not completed) - husband alive
    13 "Gidile (=married with customary procedures) - husband alive

    22 Ndendile (married with customs) - husband alive
    23 Ndithwelwe (="abducted")
    24 Siyahlalisana (=cohabiting)

    29 Widowed-not endile ("ndendile" means I am/was married; "endile" is without the personal pronoun. Adding the specification to the 'widow' is because people who are widowed often still describe themselves as married, but to a husband or wife who is dead)

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    Manager, DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Licensed use files, available for non-commercial use only
    Citation requirements
    Community Agency for Social Enquiry. Women and Land Survey 2009-10 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Johannesburg. Community Agency for Social Enquiry [producer], 2011. Cape Town. DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/0btc-vv82

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Copyright
    Copyright 2011, Women and Land Survey

    Contacts

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

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    ddi-zaf-datafirst-wls-2009-2010-v2
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-04-29

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 3
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