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Aspects of Group Relations 1984

South Africa, 1984
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zaf-hsrc-agr-1984-v1.1
Producer(s)
Nic Rhoodie, Chris de Kock
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-hsrc-agr-1984-v1.1
    Title
    Aspects of Group Relations 1984
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type
    Public Opinion Survey
    Abstract
    The survey was one of several studies conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council to collect information on intergroup relations in South Africa. The study was a joint investigation by the HSRC's Institute for Sociological, Demographic and Criminological Research and Committee for Research on Intergroup Relations.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Individuals

    Version

    Version Description
    v1.1: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution
    Version Date
    1984
    Version Notes
    Version 1.1 is the original version with variable labels added by DataFirst

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected basic demographic data, including: Sex, age, language, education, occupation, marital status, and income. Opinion data collected includes data on: The political and economic situation, the Constitution, race relations, group areas, and media use. The questionnaire administered to "Whites" also included questions on the government's record with regard to handling national affairs, opinions toward opening listed amenities to all races, and attitudes towards immigrants and the country's immigration policy.

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion [4.6] CESSDA

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey had national coverage
    Geographic Unit
    The data is only at country level
    Universe
    The universe of the study included all South African "white", "coloured" and "Indian" adults in urban areas.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Nic Rhoodie Human Sciences Research Council
    Chris de Kock Human Sciences Research Council

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    Adapted white, coloured and Indian co-workers' panels of the Opinion Survey Centre of the HSRC were used for the survey. The samples were drawn country-wide but did not include non-urban areas (farms and smallholdings). A procedure of cluster sampling in randomly selected statistical regions, magisterial districts and enumerator subdistricts was used.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    A structured questionnaire was used to collect data, and was comprised of: Section A: “Biographical data” on the respondent's sex, age, home language, education level, occupation, marital status, and income); Section B: Data on the image of the Human Sciences Research Council; Section C: “General” questions on attitudes to South Africa's political situation, and the respondent's attitudes to other race groups.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start
    1984-02

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL
    South African Data Archive (SADA) National Research Foundation
    Access conditions
    Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions.
    Citation requirements
    Rhoodie, Nic and Chris de Kock. Aspects of Group Relations 1984 [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council [producer], 1984. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2020.

    Contacts

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

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    ddi-zaf-datafirst-agr-1984-v1
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-04-30

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 2
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