Aspects of Group Relations 1984

South Africa, 1984

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Reference ID

ZAF_1984_AGR_v01_M

Producer(s)

Nic Rhoodie, Chris de Kock

Collection(s)

DataFirst , University of Cape Town, South Africa

Metadata

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Identification

Survey ID number

ZAF_1984_AGR_v01_M

Title

Aspects of Group Relations 1984

Country/Economy

Name	Country code
South Africa	zaf

Study type

Public Opinion Survey [ind/pos]

Abstract

The survey was one of several studies conducted by the Human Sciences Research Council to collect information on intergroup relations in South Africa. The study was a joint investigation by the HSRC's Institute for Sociological, Demographic and Criminological Research and Committee for Research on Intergroup Relations.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Unit of Analysis

Units of analysis in the survey were individuals

Version

Version Description

v1: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution

Version Date

1984

Scope

Notes

The survey collected basic demographic data, including: Sex, age, language, education, occupation, marital status, and income. Opinion data collected includes data on: The political and economic situation, the Constitution, race relations, group areas, and media use. The questionnaire administered to "Whites" also included questions on the government's record with regard to handling national affairs, opinions toward opening listed amenities to all races, and attitudes towards immigrants and the country's immigration policy.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion [4.6]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

The survey had national coverage

Geographic Unit

The data is only at country level

Universe

The universe of the study included all South African "white", "coloured" and "Indian" adults in urban areas.

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators

Name	Affiliation
Nic Rhoodie	Human Sciences Research Council
Chris de Kock	Human Sciences Research Council

Sampling

Sampling Procedure

Adapted white, coloured and Indian co-workers' panels of the Opinion Survey Centre of the HSRC were used for the survey. The samples were drawn country-wide but did not include non-urban areas (farms and smallholdings). A procedure of cluster sampling in randomly selected statistical regions, magisterial districts and enumerator subdistricts was used.

Survey instrument

Questionnaires

A structured questionnaire was used to collect data, and was comprised of: Section A: “Biographical data” on the respondent's sex, age, home language, education level, occupation, marital status, and income); Section B: Data on the image of the Human Sciences Research Council; Section C: “General” questions on attitudes to South Africa's political situation, and the respondent's attitudes to other race groups.

Data collection

Dates of Data Collection

Start
1984-02

Data Access

Access authority

Name	Affiliation	URL
South African Data Archive (SADA)	National Research Foundation	http://www.nrf.ac.za/sada

Access conditions

Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions.

Citation requirements

Rhoodie, Nic and Chris de Kock. Aspects of Group Relations (Whites, Indians, Coloureds), February 1984 [dataset]. Version 1.Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council [producer], 1984. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012.

Disclaimer and copyrights

Disclaimer

The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency 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	http://support.data1st.org/

Metadata production

DDI Document ID

DDI_ZAF_1984_AGR_v01_M

Producers

Name	Affiliation	Role
DataFirst	University of Cape Town	Metadata producer

Date of Metadata Production

2012-02-06

Metadata version

DDI Document version

Version 1

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