Quality of Life Survey IV 2015-2016

South Africa, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

ZAF_2015_QOLS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Gauteng City-Region Observatory

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON

Study website

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Jun 12, 2018

Last modified

Jun 12, 2018

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Identification

Survey ID number

ZAF_2015_QOLS_v01_M

Title

Quality of Life Survey IV 2015-2016

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Africa	ZAF

Study type

Other Household Survey [hh/oth]

Abstract

The Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO) was established in 2008 as a partnership between the University of Johannesburg (UJ), the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the Gauteng Provincial Government (GPG), with municipalities in Gauteng also represented. The objective of the GCRO is to inform policy in various spheres of the Gauteng government with data on the quality of the lives of people who live in Guateng. The Quality of Life Survey IV was conducted in 2015 and 2016.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Household and individual

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised dataset available for licensed distribution

Version Date

2016

Scope

Notes

The Gauteng City-Region Observatory's Quality of Life Survey collects data on demographic details of the enumerated population (population group, gender, age, language) and on housing (dwelling type, tenure, satisfaction with dwelling, perceived quality of housing and housing allocation) as well as household services (water, sanitation, refuse, energy sources). Data was also collected on migration, health (including disability), education and employment (including employment sector). Data on community services and amenities was also collected, and on transport, leisure activities and safety and crime. Financial data was collected (including on debts, income, and social grants) and data on household assets. Data on public participation and governance was also collected during the survey. Finally, the survey collected data on the perceived personal wellbeing and quality of life of respondents.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
economic conditions and indicators [1.2]	CESSDA
income, property and investment/saving [1.5]	CESSDA
employment [3.1]	CESSDA
unemployment [3.5]	CESSDA
domestic political issues [4.2]	CESSDA
elections [4.3]	CESSDA
government, political systems and organisations [4.4]	CESSDA
crime [5.1]	CESSDA
basic skills education [6.1]	CESSDA
compulsory and pre-school education [6.2]	CESSDA
vocational education [6.7]	CESSDA
general health [8.4]	CESSDA
health care and medical treatment [8.5]	CESSDA
specific diseases and medical conditions [8.9]	CESSDA
housing [10.1]	CESSDA
TRANSPORT, TRAVEL AND MOBILITY [11]	CESSDA
family life and marriage [12.5]	CESSDA
community, urban and rural life [13.1]	CESSDA
cultural activities and participation [13.2]	CESSDA
social conditions and indicators [13.8]	CESSDA
migration [14.3]	CESSDA
specific social services: use and provision [15.3]	CESSDA

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The Quality of Life Survey covers the whole of Gauteng and also areas with GCR 'footprints' in the four neighbouring provinces of Free State, North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga. The lowest level of geographic aggregation of the data is municipality.

Geographic Unit

The lowest level of geographic aggregation in the Quality of Life Survey IV 2015-2016 is municipality

Universe

The Gauteng City-Region Observatory's Quality of Life Survey covers all household residents of Gauteng and selected areas of the four neighbouring provinces of Free State, North West, Limpopo and Mpumalanga.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Gauteng City-Region Observatory	University of Johannesburg

Funding Agency/Sponsor

Name	Role
Gauteng Provincial Government	Funder

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

The survey instrument (questionnaire) which was used was provided by the GCRO. The instrument was similar to the questionnaire used for the initial Quality of Life survey, with new questions being added only where questions from the previous survey were removed. This was done with the intention of keeping the duration of the survey the same as the initial one. The survey instrument was a 20 page questionnaire, broken up into 12 sections. The bulk of the possible answers were pre-defined, such that most of the survey could be answered using a combination of tick-boxes or by writing down a number from a predefined set. There are therefore not many open-ended questions in the survey.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start	End
2015-07-06	2016-05-17

Data Collectors

Name
Data World

Access policy

Access conditions

Licenced data, available under conditions

Citation requirements

Gauteng City-Region Observatory.Quality of Life Survey IV, 2015-2016.[dataset]. Version 1. Johannesburg: Gauteng City-Region Observatory[producer], 2016. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2016.

Access authority

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

Disclaimer and copyrights

Contacts

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

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_2015_QOLS_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata Producer

Date of Metadata Production

2016-12-06

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 1.1 (June 2018)
Identical to DataFirst Version 1 (zaf-gcro-qols-2015-2016-v1), except for DDI and ID fields that were edited.

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