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South African Census 1960

South Africa, 1960
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zaf-usaocs-census-1960-v1.1
Producer(s)
Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics
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Statistics South Africa
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Oct 17, 2012
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • survey_instrument
  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    zaf-usaocs-census-1960-v1.1
    Title

    South African Census 1960
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
    Series Information

    Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics. South African Census 1960 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics [producer], 19-. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/vpag-je19
    Kind of Data

    Census enumeration data
    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    v1.1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Notes

    Version 1 of the dataset was obtained by DataFirst in July 2012.

    Labels were added to the data of this version, version 1.1. The questionnaire for this census is missing. There is also no data file for Africans.

    Scope

    Notes

    The 1960 census collected data on race, sex, marital status and marriage details, births, birthplace and nationality, usual place of residence, dwelling type, employment status, occupation and industry, language and literacy, level and type of education, religion and income

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage
    Geographic Unit

    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data was town.
    Universe

    The census covered all households in South Africa

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics

    survey_instrument

    Questionnaires

    The dataset was obtained without a questionnaire and this is currently being sourced by DataFirst

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start
    1960-09-06

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za info@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions
    Citation requirements

    Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics. South African Census 1960 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics [producer], 19-. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/vpag-je19

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org http://support.data1st.org/helpdesk

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    ddi-zaf-datafirst-census-1960-v1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata Producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-06-12

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 3
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