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Migration in South Africa 2001-2002

South Africa, 2001 - 2002
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zaf-hsrc-msa-2001-2002-v1
Producer(s)
Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-hsrc-msa-2001-2002-v1
    Title
    Migration in South Africa 2001-2002
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Household Survey [hh]
    Series Information
    Human Sciences Research Council. Migration in South Africa 2001-2002 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council [producer], 2002. Cape Town: DataFirst[distributor], 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/td2j-qr73
    Abstract
    During 1999 the HSRC embarked on a self-funded multidisciplinary research project on the causes of migration in South Africa. The main purpose of the project was to analyse census and other secondary data and to undertake the necessary surveys with a view to determining the importance of economic and non-economic factors in the explanation of migration trends in South and southern Africa. The study highlighted the need for “purpose-made” data for the analysis of migration causes and patterns, which would be addressed to a large extent by sample surveys dealing specifically also with the social and psychological aspects of migration. To help address these issues a series of surveys was envisaged. The first of these would be aimed mainly at testing the utility of various items that would provide the required data for the migration research. A preliminary (initial) questionnaire survey among 911 households was was undertaken during the period 4 April to 25 June 2000 and the main survey was conducted in 2001-2002.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2002

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected data on age, gender, level of education, marital status, migration, use of health services, economic activity, and self-employment.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    migration [14.3] CESSDA

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey had national coverage.
    Geographic Unit
    The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data was suburb in the selected areas
    Universe
    The survey covered households in South Africa

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name
    Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC)
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name
    Human Sciences Research Council

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    The 2001-2002 survey was based on a stratified, clustered random (complex) sampling design. The explicit strata used in the sampling design were the following: (a) census-based population group (African, coloured, Indian or white); (b) metropolitan/non-metropolitan location; (c) whether a so-called spatial development (SDI) area or not, and (d) census-based locality type (rural/urban). In non-metropolitan areas an implicit stratification of local government level (city, other local municipality or district municipality) was also used. Clustering took the form of randomly selecting (using systematic sampling) six households in each of the selected census enumerator areas (EAs) across the different strata.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    After a preliminary survey was undertaken in 2000 to evaluate the validity and potential reliability of 179 possible scale items for the questionnaire, with a view to reducing these items to an absolute minimum for the purpose of the main (2001-2002) survey. The results of the initial survey, as well as provisional findings from an analyses of census data and other secondary data sources were used to finalise the questionnaire to be used in the main survey. The design was largely based on the questionnaire used in the initial survey, sans those items deemed not significant for the construction of scale items.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2001-05 2002-10

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    South African Data Archive (SADA) National Research Foundation
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Human Sciences Research Council. Migration in South Africa 2001-2002 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council [producer], 2002. Cape Town: DataFirst[distributor], 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/td2j-qr73

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Copyright
    Copyright, Human Sciences Research Council

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    ddi-zaf-datafirst-msa-2001-2002-v1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town DDI Producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-05-10

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 2
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