{"doc_desc":{"idno":"ddi-hsrc-datafirst-srsn-2000-v2","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata Producer"}],"prod_date":"2020-04-30","version_statement":{"version":"Version 3"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zaf-hsrc-srns-2000-v1.2","title":"School Register of Needs Survey 2000","alt_title":"SRNS 2000"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Human Sciences Research Council","affiliation":""}],"production_statement":{"funding_agencies":[{"name":"National Department of Education","abbreviation":"NDE","role":""}]},"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"Manager, DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"info@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/www.datafirst.uct.ac.za"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Education Survey [es]","series_info":"National Department of Education. School Register of Needs Survey 2000 [dataset]. Version 1.2. Pretoria: National Department of Education [producers], 1997. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/k954-ax80"},"version_statement":{"version":"v1.2: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution","version_date":"","version_notes":"This version was adapted from a cleaned dataset prepared by the Developmental Policy Research Unit (DPRU), which was obtained by DataFirst at an unknown date between the original release and February 2012. This version replaces numerous string valued variables with integer valued ones, which is particularly useful as case sensitivity has artificially separated semantically identical observations into different categories for some variables. These integer valued string variables are labelled and the codelist relating those labels is provided as an accompanying document. The original version contained a number of anomalies, errors and misspecifications. This version partially remedies these issues and represents a cleaner version of the data than the original (which can be requested from DataFirst if required)."},"bib_citation_format":"","study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"education","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"resources","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"learning","vocab":"","uri":""}],"topics":[{"topic":"employment [3.1]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"in-job training [3.2]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"labour relations\/conflict [3.3]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"retirement [3.4]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"unemployment [3.5]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"working conditions [3.6]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT [3]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"TRADE, INDUSTRY AND MARKETS [2]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"},{"topic":"DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION [14]","vocab":"CESSDA","uri":"http:\/\/www.nesstar.org\/rdf\/common"}],"abstract":"The Department of Education commissioned the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to conduct a national survey on the locality and other information linked to all schools in South Africa. The 2000 version was intended to update the 1996 version of the register of needs database, include 3000 institutions that were previously excluded, provide accurate data on geolocality of schools, school conditions and the availability of resources, and measure progress and trends betwee 1996 and 2000.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2000-05","end":"2000-12","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"zaf"}],"geog_coverage":"The survey had national coverage","geog_unit":"GPS coordinates","analysis_unit":"Institutions","universe":"The universe of the survey was all schools in South Africa","data_kind":"Administrative records","notes":"The scope of the survey includes the following: general information for the participants' school; information on general and specialised teaching areas, hostel facilities and the use of these facilities; resources available for education and administration; Physical and infrastructural resources","ex_post_evaluation":{"completion_date":"","type":""}},"method":{"data_collection":{"collector_training":{"type":""},"sample_frame":{"frame_unit":{"is_primary":"","num_of_units":""}},"instru_development_type":""},"analysis_info":{"data_appraisal":"This version was adapted from a cleaned dataset prepared by the Developmental Policy Research Unit (DPRU), which was obtained by DataFirst at an unknown date between the original release and February 2012. This version replaces numerous string valued variables with integer valued ones, which is particularly useful as case sensitivity has artificially separated semantically identical observations into different categories for some variables. These integer valued string variables are labelled and the codelist relating those labels is provided as an accompanying document. The original version contained a number of anomalies, errors and misspecifications that make it intractable. This version partially remedies these issues and represents a cleaner version of the data than the original (which can be requested from DataFirst)."},"data_processing_type":""},"data_access":{"dataset_availability":{"access_place":"","access_place_uri":""},"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/www.support.datafirst.org"}],"cit_req":"National Department of Education. School Register of Needs Survey 2000 [dataset]. Version 1.2. Pretoria: National Department of Education [producers], 1997. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/k954-ax80","conditions":"Licensed use files, available for non-commercial use only"}}},"schematype":"survey"}