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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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Feb 11, 2013
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • survey_instrument
  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
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  • 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 http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

    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

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    South African Data Archive (SADA) National Research Foundation http://www.nrf.ac.za/sada
    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 http://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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