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OHS-GHS Cross Entropy Weights 1995-2011

South Africa, 1995 - 2011
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zaf-df-ohs-ghs-cew-1995-2011-v1
Producer(s)
Amy Thornton, Martin Wittenberg
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Feb 13, 2022
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Feb 14, 2022
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  • Coverage
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  • Data Collection
  • Data Access
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  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    zaf-df-ohs-ghs-cew-1995-2011-v1
    Title

    OHS-GHS Cross Entropy Weights 1995-2011
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa zaf
    Study type

    Household Survey [hh]
    Abstract

    The OHS-GHS CEW series consists of a set of survey weights constructed by Amy Thornton and Martin Wittenberg for the OHSs 1995-1999 and GHSs 2002-2011. The weights were constructed in order to address known weaknesses with the weights in the StatsSA public releases of the same datasets.
    Kind of Data

    Survey Weights
    Unit of Analysis

    Households and individuals

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution
    Version Date

    2022-02-10

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage

    The OHS and GHS had national coverage

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Amy Thornton University of Cape Town
    Martin Wittenberg University of Cape Town
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Statistics South Africa Government of South Africa Producer of the original data

    Data Collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End Cycle
    1995 2011 CEW Series

    Data Access

    Access conditions

    Public access data, available to all
    Citation requirements

    Thornton, A. and Wittenberg, M. OHS-GHS Cross Entropy Weights 1995-2011 [dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: DataFirst [producer and distributor], 2022. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/0z05-cn37

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Email URL
    DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org http://www.support.data1st.org/helpdesk

    Metadata production

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

    2022-02-14

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    Version 2
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