National Income Dynamics Study 2014-2015, Wave 4

South Africa, 2014 - 2015

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Reference ID

ZAF_2014_NIDS-W4_v01_M

Producer(s)

Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

Created on

Jun 02, 2016

Last modified

Apr 11, 2018

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Identification

Survey ID number

ZAF_2014_NIDS-W4_v01_M

Title

National Income Dynamics Study 2014-2015

Subtitle

Wave 4

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Africa	ZAF

Study type

Income/Expenditure/Household Survey [hh/ies]

Series Information

This is wave 4 of the panel survey. Wave 1 was conducted in 2008, wave 2 in 2010-2011 and wave 3 in 2012. Wave 1 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.

Abstract

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

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

The units of analysis in the survey are individuals and households.

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution.

Version Date

2016-05-12

Version Notes

Version 1 of the National Income Dynamics Study wave 4 2014-2015 public release dataset was produced on the 12th of May 2016

Scope

Notes

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

Keywords

Agriculture Shocks Demography Intra-household allocation Health Education Migration Remittances Integration Credit Assets Social networks Social cohesion

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey had national coverage

Geographic Unit

The lowest level of geographic aggregration covered by the dataset is District Municipality.

Universe

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

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit	University of Cape Town

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation	Government of South Africa	Commissioners of Wave 4

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Role
Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation	Funder

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End	Cycle
2014-09	2015-08	Wave 4

Supervision

National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) supervisory staff

Access policy

Confidentiality

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.

Access conditions

Public use data, available to all

Citation requirements

Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit. National Income Dynamics Study 2014 - 2015, Wave 4 [dataset]. Version 1.0. Pretoria: Department of Planning, Monitoring, and Evaluation [commissioner]. Cape Town: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit [producer], 2016. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2016.

Access authority

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

Location of Data Collection

DataFirst (University of Cape Town)

Archive where study is originally stored

DataFirst (University of Cape Town)
https://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/570
Cost: None

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

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

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_2014_NIDS-W4_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit	University of Cape Town	Data documentation
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata creation

Date of Metadata Production

2016-05-15

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version1.1 (May 2016)
This version is identical to DataFirst Version 1, except that the DDI and ID fields were edited to World Bank IDs.The series information was extracted from the abstract.

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