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South African Reconciliation Barometer 2003-2015, Rounds 1-14 merged

South Africa, 2003 - 2015
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Institute for Justice and Reconciliation - South African Reconciliation Barometer
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    zaf-ijr-sarb-2003-2015-v1.2

    Title

    South African Reconciliation Barometer 2003-2015

    Subtitle

    Rounds 1-14 merged

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Public Opinion Survey

    Abstract

    The South African Reconciliation Barometer is a time series public opinion survey that measures South African's attitudes towards reconciliation. Barometer surveys were conducted in 2003 (Rounds 1-2) and 2004 (Rounds 3- 4; 2 rounds per year); 2005 - 2013 (Rounds 5-13; one round per year); and 2015 - 2023 (Rounds 14 to 18; one round every 2nd year). The merged 2003-2015 dataset is made available by DataFirst, as well as separate datasets for 2017 (Round 15), 2019 (Round 16), 2021 (Round 17), and 2023 (Round 18).

    Kind of Data

    Survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1.2 Edited, anonymised data for public distribution

    Version Date

    2024-12-28

    Version Notes

    Version 1 of the data was received by DataFirst from the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation (IJR) in 2012 to be cleaned, harmonised, and disseminated. The harmonised data became version 1.1 which was disseminated by Datafirst until 2024. In 2024 the IJR deposited all data files from the SARB 2003 to 2023 with DataFirst. This included the merged data for 2003-2015 (Rounds 1 to 14). This is now version 1.2 of the data. The IJR also deposited data from 2017 (Round 15), 2019 (Round 16), 2021 (Round 17), and 2023 (Round 18) which are published as version 1 of each separate dataset.

    Scope

    Notes

    The SARB survey collected data on South Africans' race, education level, employment status, and income. The survey also collected data on racial attitudes, opinions of government and government performance, dependence on public services and opinions of service delivery, as well as intertemporal perceptions of happiness and well-being.

    Coverage

    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation of the data is Province.

    Universe

    The survey covered all persons over 16 years of age living in multimember households. Individuals in informal settlements were also included in the sampling frame. Domestic workers and hostel dwellers were excluded from the sample.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Institute for Justice and Reconciliation
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Funding agency

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    Sampling of respondents assumed the form of a multistage area-probability sample with three calls. The sampling included persons of 16 years and older living in multimember households. People living in informal settlements were included in the sampling frame. However, domestic workers and hostel dwellers were excluded from the sample. Enumeration Areas were drawn from the 2001 Population Census and sampling points were allocated to sub-places in each of the metros. Within each of the sampled sub-places, a street was randomly selected using a Geographical Information System (GIS) application, which indicates all the streets within the boundaries of each sub-place. The streets were listed and a street randomly selected from the list of streets. In the selected street between four and six dwellings were then be selected using a random walk procedure in the selected area. If there was more than one household at a dwelling, one household was chosen using a random procedure. At every alternate dwelling, all the males or all the females over 16 years of age were listed in order of age and thereafter one chosen using a random selection grid.If the interviewer found at their first visit that the qualifying person was not available for the duration of the fieldwork such as being on holiday or being sick, or could not speak any of the South African official languages, interviewers were allowed to substitute immediately. Three calls had to be made prior to substituting.

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    Questionnaires

    Each round of the SARB survey used a separate questionnaires and questionnaires changed between rounds. Sometimes changes were only to accommodate rewording but in some cases questions were removed or re-introduced. There was a goal in recent rounds of having 5-10% of questions be 'topical' questions. e.g., questions on Covid in 2021.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    2003 2003
    2003 2003 Rounds 1-2
    2004 2004 Rounds 3-4
    2005 2013 Rounds 5-13
    2015 2015 Round 14
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Ipsos-Markinor

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.support.data1st.org support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License

    Citation requirements

    Institute for Justice and Reconciliation. South African Reconciliation Barometer 2003-2015, Rounds 1-14 Merged [dataset]. Cape Town: IJR [producer], 2024. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2025. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/qcqs-bx46

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Support support@data1st.org http://www.support.data1st.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    ddi-zaf-ijr-sarb-2003-2011-v1.1

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata creator
    Date of Metadata Production

    2025-01-28

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 3

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