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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
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Department of Social Development
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Department of Basic Education
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Oct 13, 2017
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  • Identification
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  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
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  • 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
    Mode of data collection
    • Face-to-face
    Data Collectors
    Name
    Economic Policy Research Institute

    Data Access

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

    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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