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Survey of Socioeconomic Opportunity and Achievement 1991-1994

South Africa, 1991 - 1994
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zaf-ucla-hsrc-ssoa-1991-1994-v1
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Professor Donald Treiman, Sylvia N. Moano, Lawrence Schlemmer
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Dec 07, 2017
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    Survey ID number

    zaf-ucla-hsrc-ssoa-1991-1994-v1

    Title

    Survey of Socioeconomic Opportunity and Achievement 1991-1994

    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Household Survey [hh]

    Series Information

    Treiman, D. Survey of Socioeconomic Opportunity and Achievement 1991-1994 [dataset]. Version 1. Los Angeles: UCLA, Cape Town: DataFirst [producers], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributors], 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/kcx2-kn30

    Abstract

    The survey was conducted from 1991 to 1994 by a research team headed by Donald J. Treiman, UCLA; Sylvia N. Moeno, then in the Strategic Planning Group at Eskom, Johannesburg; and Lawrence Schlemmer, then Director of the Centre for Policy Studies, School of Business, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Data collection was undertaken by MarkData, the in-house survey unit of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), Pretoria, South Africa. The survey was funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation (SES89 12677), and by several South African agencies: the Anglo- American/De Beers Chairman's Fund, the Trust for Educational Advancement in South Africa, the Human Sciences Research Council, Johannesburg Consolidated Investments, and the Union Carbide Corporation.

    Because at the time of the survey, South Africa had a policy of residential segregation by race (authorized under the the "Group Areas Act", which was abolished in June, 1991), South African surveys typically were conducted by drawing separate samples from each of the “Group Areas,” that is, areas designated for residence by Whites, Asians, Coloureds, and Blacks.1 In South Africa, interviewing usually is carried out by interviewers of the same race as interviewees. To accommodate scheduling considerations, the main survey was carried out in two parts: 3,679 interviews were conducted in White, Asian, and Coloured areas in April and May 1991 (the WAC sample) and 3,689 interviews were conducted in Black areas in August and September 1991 (the Black sample). Processing of the two parts was also carried out separately. Because there proved to be substantial under-representation of males in both samples (see below), data were collected for a supplementary sample of 749 men in May-July 1992. Finally, data were collected from a special sample of 969 rural respondents in 1993-94 (see below). In all, between 1991-94 data were collected for 9,086 respondents.

    Kind of Data

    Sample survey data

    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    V1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution

    Version Date

    2017

    Version Notes

    The SSOA data was deposited with DataFirst by the Principle Investigator from UCLA, Professor Donald Treiman, in 2017. Andrew Kerr at DataFirst was responsible for this edited version of the data.

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected data on household members, including on languages spoken, education, occupation, marital status, residential history, living arrangements, children, material and cultural resources, intergroup contact, and neighbourhood quality

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The survey had national coverage

    Geographic Unit

    The data is at the level of Statistical Region (44 regions plus the 10 nominally independent TBVC states), Magisterial District, and Enumerator Area.

    Universe

    The population surveyed consisted of persons age 20 or older residing in "greater South Africa," that is, the Republic of South Africa plus the nominally independent "TVBC states": Transkei, Venda, Bophutatswana, and Ciskei.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Professor Donald Treiman University of California Los Angeles
    Sylvia N. Moano Strategic Planning Group, ESKOM
    Lawrence Schlemmer Centre for Policy Studies, School of Business, University of theWitwatersrand
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Donald J. Treiman UCLA Preparation of updated data
    Martin Wittenberg DataFirst, UCT Preparation of updated data
    Andrew Kerr DataFirst, UCT Preparation of updated data
    Gabriel Espi-Sanchis DataFirst, UCT Preparation of updated data
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    U.S. National Science Foundation Funder
    Human Sciences Research Council Funder
    Anglo-American/De Beers Chairman's Fund Funder
    Trust for Educational Advancement in South Africa Funder
    Johannesburg Consolidated Investments Funder
    Union Carbide Corporation Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    The population surveyed consisted of persons age 20 or older residing in "greater South Africa," that is, the Republic of South Africa plus the-at the time-nominally independent "TVBC states": Transkei, Venda, Bophutatswana, and Ceskei.2 The sample, as designed, was a complex area probability sample, in which sampling categories and the number of cases to be interviewed were determined by the researchers, households were to be selected within areas at random with probability proportionate to size, and adults within households were to be selected at random, but in such a way that the probability that males would fall into the sample was twice the probability that females would fall into the sample. The sample was designed so that, suitably weighted, it could be regarded as representative of the entire adult population of "greater South Africa." Further information on sampling is in the survey codebook provided with the data.

    Weighting

    An overview of weighting for the survey can be found in the survey codebook provided with the data.

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    1991-03-04 1992-10-29 Fieldwork for national survey
    1993-11-01 1994-08-09 Fieldwork for rural sample to ensure representivity
    Data Collectors
    Name Affiliation
    Markdata Human Science Research Council
    Data Collection Notes

    To accommodate scheduling considerations, the main survey was carried out in two parts: 3,679 interviews were conducted in White, Asian, and Coloured areas in April and May 1991 (the WAC sample) and 3,689 interviews were conducted in Black areas in August and September 1991 (the Black sample). Processing of the two parts was also carried out separately. Because there proved to be substantial under-representation of males in both samples (see below), data were collected for a supplementary sample of 749 men in May-July 1992. Finally, data were collected from a special sample of 969 rural respondents in 1993-94 (see below). In all, between 1991-94 data were collected for 9,086 respondents.

    Data appraisal

    Data Appraisal

    In addition to the codebook the documentation for this survey included three reports on the field work. The first report, Social Stratification Report, provided information on the initial WAC sample but has not been located. This report contains, among other information, a copy of the English language questionnaire used for the WAC sample and responses to open-ended questions in the WAC sample. The second report, Fieldwork Report - Project: Social Stratification, provided information on the Black sample, the special samples, and the supplementary sample of males but has not been located.

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support.data1st.org support@data1st.org
    Access conditions

    Public use files, available to all

    Citation requirements

    Treiman, D. Survey of Socioeconomic Opportunity and Achievement 1991-1994 [dataset]. Version 1. Los Angeles: UCLA, Cape Town: DataFirst [producers], 2017. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributors], 2017. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/kcx2-kn30

    Contacts

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

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production

    2020-04-28

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2

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