National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey 2020, Wave 1
South Africa, 2020
Nic Spaull, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, David Carel, Reza Daniels, Nwabisa Makaluza, Dorrit Posel, Vimal Ranchhod, Servaas van der Berg, Gabrielle Wills, , , , , , , , ,
Identification
Survey ID Number
zaf-saldru-nids-cram-2020-w1-v3.0.0
Title
National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey 2020, Wave 1
Subtitle
Wave 1
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | zaf |
Study type
Household Survey [hh]
Series Information
National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) 2020, Wave 1 [dataset]. Version 3.0.0. Cape Town: Allan Gray Orbis Foundation [funding agency]. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [implementer], 2021. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/7tn9-1998
Abstract
The National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey 2020 investigates the socioeconomic impacts of the national lockdown associated with the State of Disaster declared in South Africa in March 2020, and the social and economic consequences in South Africa of the global Coronavirus pandemic. NIDS-CRAM forms part of a broader study called the Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (CRAM) which aims to inform policy using rapid reliable research on income, employment and welfare in South Africa, in the context of the global Coronavirus pandemic. The study is run by researchers from the University of Stellenbosch, University of Cape Town (UCT) and University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). The NIDS-CRAM survey data collection and production operations were implemented by the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at UCT. The data is collected with Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), with data collection repeated over several months.
Kind of Data
Sample survey data
Unit of Analysis
Households and individuals
Version
Version Description
v3.0.0: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
Version Date
2021-06-30
Version Notes
The following changes were made from version 1.1.0 to version 2.0.0.
NIDS-CRAM_Wave1_Anon_V2.0.0
Non-response codes for variable w1_nc_emreturn were recoded to the standard NIDS-CRAM non-response values (98 recoded to "-9. Don't know" and 99 recoded to "-8. Refused")
derived_NIDS-CRAM_Wave1_Anon_V2.0.0
The variable w1_nc_pweight_s was added which was scaled to the NIDS W5 population totals, and the weights algorithms were updated. "W1" was also removed from the file name of all files as it was redundant
Changes made from version 2.0.0. to version 3.0.0. of the Wave 1 data were minor data cleaning and data quality error corrections to all the variables.
NIDS-CRAM_Wave1_Anon_V2.0.0
Non-response codes for variable w1_nc_emreturn were recoded to the standard NIDS-CRAM non-response values (98 recoded to "-9. Don't know" and 99 recoded to "-8. Refused")
derived_NIDS-CRAM_Wave1_Anon_V2.0.0
The variable w1_nc_pweight_s was added which was scaled to the NIDS W5 population totals, and the weights algorithms were updated. "W1" was also removed from the file name of all files as it was redundant
Changes made from version 2.0.0. to version 3.0.0. of the Wave 1 data were minor data cleaning and data quality error corrections to all the variables.
Scope
Notes
The NIDS-CRAM Survey collects data on the following for households and household members:
Demographics (age, gender, race)
Labour and income (education, employment, income, occupation, threats to business/income from the lockdown), pensions and government grants, financial support)
Household and Social (housing type, household size, access to water and electricity)
Health and COVID-19 (behaviour and knowledge related to COVID-19, tests, infections, symptoms, health facility visits, health conditions, access to medical insurance).
Demographics (age, gender, race)
Labour and income (education, employment, income, occupation, threats to business/income from the lockdown), pensions and government grants, financial support)
Household and Social (housing type, household size, access to water and electricity)
Health and COVID-19 (behaviour and knowledge related to COVID-19, tests, infections, symptoms, health facility visits, health conditions, access to medical insurance).
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
The survey had national coverage
Geographic Unit
The NIDS-CRAM data is at the country level only. As NIDS was only designed to be nationally, representative, it is inadvisable to use the NIDS-CRAM data to calculate provincial or regional totals.
Universe
The universe of the study is South Africans 18 years old or older.
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name |
|---|
| Nic Spaull, Ronelle Burger, Rulof Burger, David Carel, Reza Daniels, Nwabisa Makaluza, Dorrit Posel, Vimal Ranchhod, Servaas van der Berg, Gabrielle Wills |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Allan and Gill Gray Philanthropy | Funder of Waves 1-3 |
| FEM Education Foundation | Funder of Waves 4-5 |
| Michael & Susan Dell Foundation | Funder of Waves 4-5 |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
The sample frame for NIDS-CRAM is the NIDS Wave 5 CSMs and TSMs who were 18 years or older at the time of the NIDS-CRAM Wave 1 fieldwork preparation in April 2020. The sample was drawn using a stratified sampling design. No attempt was made to check whether successfully re-interviewed individuals resided in the same households as they did in Wave 5. In the survey, individuals from larger households were more likely to be sampled than individuals from smaller households.
Weighting
The weighted NIDS-CRAM survey data reflects the outcomes in 2020 for a broadly representative sample of South Africans 15 years and older from NIDS Wave 5 in 2017 who were followed up 3 years later.
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End | Cycle |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-07 | 2020-06-27 | Wave 1 |
Data Collection Mode
Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
Supervision
Ethics approval for the NIDS-CRAM Survey was granted by the Commerce Faculty Ethics Committee of the University of Cape Town and the Research Ethics Committee: Social, Behavioral and Education Research, of the University of Stellenbosch.
Questionnaires
Questionnaires
Though NIDS-CRAM is a follow-up with NIDS Wave 5 respondents, the NIDS-CRAM survey uses a much shorter questionnaire, with a focus on the Coronavirus pandemic and the national lockdown. The questionnaire was changed slightly across waves and data users should check the questionnaires for each wave when using the data.
Access policy
Access authority
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | support.data1st.org |
Contacts
| Name | Affiliation | URL | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Support | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | www.support.data1st.org |
Access conditions
Public use files, available to all
Citation requirements
National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM) 2020, Wave 1 [dataset]. Version 3.0.0. Cape Town: Allan Gray Orbis Foundation [funding agency]. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [implementer], 2021. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2021. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/7tn9-1998
Metadata production
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata producer |
Date of Metadata Production
2021-07-01
DDI Document version
Version 5