Attitudes of White South Africans Towards the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1996
South Africa, 1996
Gunnar Theissen, Brandon Hamber
Identification
IDNO
ZAF_1996_ATRC_v01_M
Title
Attitudes of White South Africans Towards the Truth and Reconciliation Commission 1996
Countries
| Name | Code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | zaf |
Study notes
The principal purpose of this explorative telephone survey was to collect information on attitudes of white South Africans towards the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and related topics at the beginning of its public hearings in April-May 1996.
Kind of data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Version
Version
v1: Edited, anonymised data for licensed distribution
Version date
1998
Scope
Topics
| Topic | Vocab | metadata.study_desc.study_info.topics.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 "Telephone directory no." variable provides data on the city, region or province covered by the survey, for example, "Pretoria", "Vaal Triangle", "North-West"
Unit of analysis
Units of analysis in the survey were households and individuals
Universe
"White' South Africans, 18 years or older.
Producers and sponsors
Authoring entity
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Gunnar Theissen | Free University of Berlin |
| Brandon Hamber | Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation |
Sampling
Sampling procedure
A random sample of adult (18+) white South African households with a telephone (1996: 89%) was derived from a complete set of the latest edition of official Telkom phone books. The "next-birthday-method" was used for intra-household respondent selection (the respondent in the household is selected randomly by interviewing that member of the household, whose birthday is next). Black, Indian and Coloured respondents were excluded through an introductory question.
Response rate
A maximum of six contact attempts were made at different times to speak to the selected respondent. The response rate was 56 Percent. See Theissen (1997, Chapter 4) for further details.
Data Collection
Dates of collection
| Start |
|---|
| 1996-05 |
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]
Data access
Access authorities
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | info@data1st.org | http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za |
Access conditions
Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions
Citation requirements
Theissen, Gunnar and Brandon Hamber. Attitudes of White South Africans towards the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and the Apartheid past, 1996 [dataset]. Version 1. Braamfontein: Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation [producer], 1998. 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
Contact(s)
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | http://support.data1st.org/ |
Metadata production
IDNo
DDI_ZAF_1996_ATRC_v01_M
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata producer |
Production date
2012-02-06
Version
Version 1