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Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading 2012

South Africa, 2012
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zaf-vpuu-vpuu-2012-v1.1
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Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading Project
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Apr 14, 2014
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Identification

Survey ID Number
zaf-vpuu-vpuu-2012-v1.1
Title
Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading 2012
Country
Name Country code
South Africa zaf
Study type
Household Survey [hh]
Abstract
In March 2012 a decision was taken in a joint meeting between the City of Cape Town (CoCT) and the Western Cape Government (WCG) on Economic Growth in geographic target areas to use Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading (VPUU) as the vehicle to implement a comprehensive area based intervention in the Nyanga-Gugulethu area. The aim of the approach was to improve social, cultural, economic, spatial, institutional and safety factors which will result in improving the quality of life of residents of these areas. A baseline survey was undertaken in November 2012 to provide a quick overview of living conditions in the area. Along with community profile workshop organised by local leadership, the survey provides data on households in the communities examined.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data
Unit of Analysis
Households and individuals

Version

Version Description
V1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for licensed distribution
Version Date
2013
Version Notes
Version 1 of the dataset was received by DataFirst from the VPUU project team in 2013. Version 1.1 is this dataset cleaned and recoded, with data quality notes.

Scope

Notes
The survey elicits data on five main themes identified by the community: youth development, education, job opportunities and local development, access to public services & amenities, operation and maintenance of public infrastructure, and safety and security.
Topics
Topic Vocabulary
Education World Bank
Infrastructure World Bank
Poverty World Bank
Social Development World Bank
Urban Development World Bank

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
The survey covered Nyanga and Gugulethu, two adjacent former black townships located about 20 kilometers from Cape Town city centre along the N2 close to the Cape Town International Airport.

During the survey, fieldworkers in a number of areas encountered serious safety issues related to gang violence, which made access difficult. In consultation with local councillors, it was agreed that six areas would not be surveyed. These included namely Hlazo Village, Lusaka, Mpetha Square, New Crossroads, Mau-Mau in Nyanga, and Section 1 in Gugulethu. It was decided that interviews which could not be conducted in high-risk areas should be redistributed to other areas. Lotus Park was intentionally left out of the survey as a Baseline Survey had been conducted in the area in July 2011 and a full enumeration survey is planned for 2013.
Universe
The survey covered all adults (18+) in households in Nyanga and Gugulethu

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading Project
Producers
Name Role
Cape Town City Council Initiator of the survey
Western Cape Government Initiator of the survey
Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood Development

Sampling

Sampling Procedure
A representative random 5% sample of households was drawn based on census figures. Based on the 2001 population census it was estimated that in 2008 there were about 36 135 households and 151 248 residents within the boundaries of the Nyanga-Gugulethu Safety Node Area (SND). The baseline survey consisted of 2000 interviews (5%) evenly and randomly selected across the Safety Node Area and its sub-areas. The SNA was divided into 26 sub-areas - 14 in Nyanga and 12 in Gugulethu - and each one of these sub-areas was allocated a specific number of interviews. The number of interviews attributed to each area reflected the distribution of the population across the SNA and the percentage of the population residing in each sub-area. The sub-areas were defined as locally-known social areas.

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start End
2012-11-19 2012-11-30
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data Collectors
Name Abbreviation
Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrading Project VPUU

Data Appraisal

Data Appraisal
The following data quality issues were raised by DataFirst on receipt of the dataset. These are being addressed by the VPUU Team.

1. The Dateofinterview variable includes interviews in 2020.
2. A variable that looks like it could be other wall material in the original dataset is unnamed in the original dataset. This has been treated as other wall material.
3. The distinction between an after school activity and a post school activity is not clear from the data. "Post school" may be post graduation.
4. Breadwinnerwork seems to cover both businesses and areas/suburbs
5. A variable called "otherspecify" is recorded straight after the mode of transport question and is always coded 1
6. Minutes to get there variables are in different formats (some as large as weeks, some in hours)
7. The "Specifyname" variable has no non-missing values
8. The alcohol purchase location variable, "ifathomewherepurchased", had some answers that fited more than one category. A newcode was therefore created to reflect this. Other answers included string inputs describing the other place. These have therefore also been coded.
9. The use_1 through use_3 variables have been encoded

10. In the questions that deal with level of acceptable safety the in-between scores were left open to the interpretation of interviewee/interviewer . The undefined numbers have now been assigned generic codes.
11. For the adult_risk_gender variable "B" was unexplained, and has been assumed to mean "Both".

Access policy

Contacts
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst Helpdesk University of Cape Town support@data1st.org Link
Access conditions
Licensed use files, available for non-commercial use only
Citation requirements
Violence Prevention for Urban Upgrading Project. Violence Prevention for Urban Upgrading 2012 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Cape Town: VPUU [producer], 2013. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/xcjn-8x69
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
Manager, DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org Link

Disclaimer and copyrights

Copyright
(c) VPUU

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
ddi-zaf-datafirst-vpuu-2012-v1
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
Date of Metadata Production
2020-04-29
DDI Document version
Version 2
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