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The National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS), is the first national panel study in South Africa. NIDS is initiated and funded by the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation of the Government of South Africa. The survey project implementer is the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) at the University of Cape Town.

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National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey 2020
Wave 3
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
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-cram-2020-w3-v3.0.0 Last modified: Jun 25, 2026 Views: 72997 Citations: 68
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National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey 2020
Wave 2
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
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-cram-2020-w2-v3.0.0 Last modified: Jun 25, 2026 Views: 92402 Citations: 102
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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
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-cram-2020-w1-v3.0.0 Last modified: Jun 25, 2026 Views: 150776 Citations: 125
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National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey 2021
Wave 5
South Africa, 2020-2021
Nic Spaull - Ronelle Burger - Rulof Burger - David Carel - Reza Daniels - Nwabisa Makaluza - Dorrit Posel - Vimal Ranchhod - Servaas van der Berg - Gabrielle Wills
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-cram-2021-w5-v1.0.0 Last modified: Jun 25, 2026 Views: 86523 Citations: 63
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National Income Dynamics Study - Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey 2021
Wave 4
South Africa, 2020-2021
Nic Spaull - Ronelle Burger - Rulof Burger - David Carel - Reza Daniels - Nwabisa Makaluza - Dorrit Posel - Vimal Ranchhod - Servaas van der Berg - Gabrielle Wills
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-cram-2021-w4-v2.0.0 Last modified: Jun 25, 2026 Views: 68698 Citations: 53
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008
Wave 1
South Africa, 2008
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study | African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-2008-v7.0.0 Last modified: Jun 25, 2026 Views: 1896860 Citations: 614
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National Income Dynamics Study 2010-2011
Wave 2
South Africa, 2010-2011
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study | African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-2010-2011-v4.0.0 Last modified: Jul 18, 2023 Views: 798647 Citations: 430
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National Income Dynamics Study 2012
Wave 3
South Africa, 2012
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study | African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-2012-v3.0.0 Last modified: Jul 18, 2023 Views: 783197 Citations: 403
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National Income Dynamics Study 2014-2015
Wave 4
South Africa, 2014-2015
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study | African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-2014-2015-v2.0.0 Last modified: Jun 25, 2026 Views: 2233930 Citations: 379
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National Income Dynamics Study 2017
Wave 5
South Africa, 2017
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit,
Collection: National Income Dynamics Study | Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit
ID: zaf-saldru-nids-2017-v1.0.0 Last modified: Jun 16, 2026 Views: 1928185 Citations: 371
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