{"doc_desc":{"title":"zaf-hsrc-dhs-1987-v1","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbr":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata producer"}],"prod_date":"2020-06-03","version_statement":{"version":"Version 6"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zaf-hsrc-dhs-1987-v1","title":"Demographic and Health Survey 1987","sub_title":"South Africa","alternate_title":"DHS 1987"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Human Sciences Research Council","affiliation":""}],"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst Helpdesk","affiliation":"","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/www.support.data1st.org\/helpdesk"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Demographic and Health Survey","series_info":"Human Sciences Research Council [HSRC], Demographic and Health Survey 1987, South Africa [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: HSRC [producer],1987. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/090x-7e53"},"version_statement":{"version":"Version 1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution","version_date":"1987"},"study_info":{"abstract":"The Demographic and Health Survey is mainly concerned with the determination of fertility, infant mortality rates and closely related issues. Questions surrounding respondent\u2019s background, reproduction, contraception, health and breastfeeding, marriage, fertility preferences, and husband\u2019s background and woman\u2019s work were asked. This study consists of two datasets, one household dataset and the other an individual dataset, the respondent being a female of reproductive age that has already given birth or who is married or exposed to pregnancy. Females qualifying for the individual interview schedule were chosen from the responses to household (cover) questionnaire.","coll_dates":[{"start":"1987","end":"1987","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"zaf"}],"geog_coverage":"The survey had national coverage","geog_unit":"The lowest geographical unit is Magisterial District","analysis_unit":"Households and individuals","universe":"The universe of the survey was female housheold members aged 12 to 49, who had given birth or were pregnant, or had been\/were married or in a \"steady\" relationship.","data_kind":"Sample survey data","notes":"The DHS collected data from women respondents on their place of residence, age, education level, religion and language, type of dwelling, reproduction, maternal health and breastfeeding, contraception, marriage, fertility, women's employment and husband's background"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Human Sciences Research Council","abbr":"HSRC","role":"","affiliation":""}],"sampling_procedure":"Random samples of clusters of households, were selected, representative of the main lifestyles in every participating region.","coll_mode":["Face-to-face"],"research_instrument":"The DHS collected data with a structured interview schedule\/questionnaire.","sources":[{"name":"","origin":"","characteristics":""}],"weight":"There is no weighting in the data."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"South African Data Archive","affiliation":"","email":"","uri":"http:\/\/www.nrf.ac.za\/sada"}],"cit_req":"Human Sciences Research Council [HSRC], Demographic and Health Survey 1987, South Africa [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: HSRC [producer],1987. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/090x-7e53","conditions":"Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License"}}},"schematype":"survey"}