National Income Dynamics Study 2014-2015, Wave 4 Secure Data
South Africa, 2014 - 2015
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National Income Dynamics Study 2014-2015
Wave 4 Secure Data
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | zaf |
Household Survey [hh]
The National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) is a face-to-face longitudinal survey of individuals living in South Africa as well as their households. The survey was designed to give effect to the dimensions of the well-being of South Africans, to be tracked over time. At the broadest level, these were:
Wealth creation in terms of income and expenditure dynamics and asset endowments;
Demographic dynamics as these relate to household composition and migration;
Social heritage, including education and employment dynamics, the impact of life events (including positive and negative shocks), social capital and intergenerational developments;
Access to cash transfers and social services
Wave 1 of the panel survey, conducted in 2008, collected the detailed information for the national sample.
Waves 2 to 4 of the panel survey re-interviewed respondents interviewed in previous waves, gathering information on developments in their lives over the years.
Sample survey data [ssd]
The units of analysis in the survey are individuals and households.
Version
v2.0.0: Edited, partially anonymised dataset for use in DataFirst's Secure Research Data Centre
2018-08-13
Version 1 of the National Income Dynamics Study wave 4 2014-2015 public release dataset was produced on the 12th of May 2016
CHANGES IN VERSION 1.1
Version 1.1 had changes to the weights variables, w3_pweight in the indderived data file and the w3_wgt in the hhderived data file. Changes to these variables were necessary because:
1.Panel weights were missing for some babies born to CSM mothers after Wave 1 (2008)
2. The weight was missing for one (now adult) respondent
CHANGES IN VERSION 2.0.0
Version 2.0.0 of NIDS wave 4 includes changes to the number of individuals and households in each data file, largely driven by previously incorrect classification of TSM/CSM status, duplicate interviews and additional baby CSMs not captured in a previous version of this wave. Version 2.0.0 also contains new and renamed variables, and there are changes to the survey weights. For details on these changes please see the document Wave 4 Changes between V1.1 and V2.0.0 which is provided with the data.
Scope
Data on the following topics was collected during the panel survey:
HOUSEHOLD: Household characteristics, household roster, mortality history, living standards, expenditure, consumption, negative events, positive events, agriculture
ADULTS: Demographics, education, labour market participation, income, health, well-being, numeracy, anthropometric data
CHILDREN: Education, health, family support, grants, anthropometric data, numeracy
The Secure (Restricted access) data files contain confidential variables that are not released in the publicly available data. The secure variables include the primary sampling unit (PSU), date of birth day, and full geo-codes. Employment codes are provided up to the four digit level, and a code-list for these is available with the data. A complete list of variables available in the restricted-access data is provided with the data.
Coverage
The survey had national coverage
The Secure (restricted access) version of the NIDS Wave 4 2014-2015 data includes household-level geo-codes. This version is available in DataFirst's Secure Research Data Centre at the University of Cape Town
The target population for NIDS was private households in all nine provinces of South Africa, and residents in workers' hostels, convents and monasteries. The frame excludes other collective living quarters, such as student hostels, old age homes, hospitals, prisons and military barracks.
Producers and sponsors
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit | University of Cape Town |
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation | Government of South Africa | Commissioners of Wave 4 |
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation | Funding Agency |
Data Collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 2015 | Wave 4 |
- Face-to-face [f2f]
National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) supervisory staff
Data Access
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | http://support.data1.st.org | support@data1st.org |
| Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? | Confidentiality declaration text |
|---|---|
| yes | Registering to use the NIDS data includes agreement that the data user will not attempt to identify specific individuals from the data. |
Secure Research Data Centre access https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/services/secure-data-services
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. National Income Dynamics Study Wave 3, 2012, Secure Data [dataset]. Version 3.0.0. Pretoria: SA Presidency [funding agency]. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [implementer], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. https://doi.org/10.25828/nrhz-f650
Disclaimer and copyrights
The original collector of the data (The National Income Dynamics Study), the distributor (DataFirst), and the relevant funding agencies bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | http://support.data1st.org |
Metadata production
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata creation |
2018-08-29
Metadata version
Version 6