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Early Childhood Development Census 2009-2014

South Africa, 2009 - 2014
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zaf-dsd-ecdc-2009-2014-v1.2
Producer(s)
Department of Social Development
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South African Department of Basic Education
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Oct 13, 2017
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-dsd-ecdc-2009-2014-v1.2
    Title
    Early Childhood Development Census 2009-2014
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Enterprise/Establishment Census
    Abstract
    In 2008, the South African government identified Early Childhood Development as a national priority. The National Department of Social Development (DSD) commissioned a national audit of registered Early Learning Centres. The scope was later extended to include centres with conditional registration, and unregistered centres. The aim of the audit was to obtain data on the nature and extent of ECD provisioning, services, resources and infrastructure in South Africa across registration statuses in order to inform and support ongoing policy and planning initiatives in the ECD sector. The Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) conducted the audit, which covered 19,971 ECD centres across the nine provinces.These comprised 17 846 audited ECD centres and 2 125 ECD centres where the questionnaire could not be administered.
    Kind of Data
    Census/enumeration data
    Unit of Analysis
    Individuals and institutions

    Version

    Version Description
    v1.1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
    Version Date
    2014
    Version Notes
    Version 1 data was deposited with DataFirst in 2017.
    Version 1.1 data was anonymised by DataFirst.
    Version 1.2 was further anonymised

    Scope

    Notes

    Data collected on ECD facilities includes: Registration of the facility, the geographical location of the site, infrastructure (access to roads, electricity, toilets, water), health and safety provision, and special equipment. Other facility level data collected included the financial base of the site, the nature of the site (school-based, home-based or community based), its sustainability (how long it has been operating), its operating hours, and key aspects of the educational activities at the site.
    At the educator level, the audit collected data on all educators at the site. Data was also collected on the curriculum and record-keeping at the facility. Learner data collected included the total number of learners, their age, gender, and race. Data was also captured on the number of learners with disabilities and the nature of these disabilities.

    Keywords
    Early childhood development Early learning centres

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey had national coverage.
    Geographic Unit
    The lowest level of geographic aggregation of the data is Municipality.
    Universe
    The universe of the study included Early Childhood Development facilities, and educators and learners at these sites.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Department of Social Development Government of South Africa

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2009-01-01 2014-06-10
    Data Collection Mode
    • Face-to-face
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Economic Policy Research Institute

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License
    Citation requirements
    Department of Social Development. Early Childhood Development Census 2009-2014 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: DSD [producer], 2014. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/ea1g-n104

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata creator
    Date of Metadata Production
    2022-08-21

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 1
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