{"doc_desc":{"title":"zaf-dsd-ecda-2009-2014-v1","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbreviation":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata creator"}],"prod_date":"2022-08-21","version_statement":{"version":"Version 1"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zaf-dsd-ecdc-2009-2014-v1.2","title":"Early Childhood Development Census 2009-2014","alt_title":"ECDC 2009-2014"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Department of Social Development","affiliation":"Government of South Africa"}],"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst Helpdesk","affiliation":"","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/www.support.data1st.org\/helpdesk"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Enterprise\/Establishment Census"},"version_statement":{"version":"v1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution","version_date":"2014","version_notes":"Version 1 data was deposited with DataFirst in 2017. \nVersion 1.1 data was anonymised by DataFirst.\nVersion 1.2 was further anonymised"},"study_info":{"keywords":[{"keyword":"Early childhood development","vocab":"","uri":""},{"keyword":"Early learning centres","vocab":"","uri":""}],"abstract":"In 2008, the South African government identified Early Childhood Development as a national priority. The National Department of Social Development (DSD) commissioned a national audit of registered Early Learning Centres. The scope was later extended to include centres with conditional registration, and unregistered centres. The aim of the audit was to obtain data on the nature and extent of ECD provisioning, services, resources and infrastructure in South Africa across registration statuses in order to inform and support ongoing policy and planning initiatives in the ECD sector. The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) conducted the audit, which covered 19,971 ECD centres across the nine provinces.These comprised 17 846 audited ECD centres and 2 125 ECD centres where the questionnaire could not be administered.","coll_dates":[{"start":"2009-01-01","end":"2014-06-10","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"zaf"}],"geog_coverage":"The survey had national coverage.","geog_unit":"The lowest level of geographic aggregation of the data is Municipality.","analysis_unit":"Individuals and institutions","universe":"The universe of the study included Early Childhood Development facilities, and educators and learners at these sites.","data_kind":"Census\/enumeration data","notes":"Data collected on ECD facilities includes: Registration of the facility, the geographical location of the site, infrastructure (access to roads, electricity, toilets, water), health and safety provision, and special equipment. Other facility level data collected included the financial base of the site, the nature of the site (school-based, home-based or community based), its sustainability (how long it has been operating), its operating hours, and key aspects of the educational activities at the site. \nAt the educator level, the audit collected data on all educators at the site. Data was also collected on the curriculum and record-keeping at the facility. Learner data collected included the total number of learners, their age, gender, and race. Data was also captured on the number of learners with disabilities and the nature of these disabilities."},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Economic Policy Research Institute","abbreviation":"EPRI","affiliation":""}],"coll_mode":["Face-to-face"]}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/www.datafirst.uct.ac.za"}],"cit_req":"Department of Social Development. Early Childhood Development Census 2009-2014 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: DSD [producer], 2014. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/ea1g-n104","conditions":"Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License"}}},"schematype":"survey"}