Quality of Life Survey IV 2015-2016
South Africa, 2015 - 2016
Gauteng City-Region Observatory
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Identification
IDNO
ZAF_2015_QOLS_v01_M
Title
Quality of Life Survey IV 2015-2016
Countries
| Name | Code |
|---|---|
| South Africa | ZAF |
Study notes
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]
Version
Version
v1: Edited, anonymised dataset available for licensed distribution
Version date
2016
Scope
Topics
| Topic | Vocab | metadata.study_desc.study_info.topics.uri |
|---|---|---|
| economic conditions and indicators [1.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| income, property and investment/saving [1.5] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| employment [3.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| unemployment [3.5] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| domestic political issues [4.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| elections [4.3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| government, political systems and organisations [4.4] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| crime [5.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| basic skills education [6.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| compulsory and pre-school education [6.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| vocational education [6.7] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| general health [8.4] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| health care and medical treatment [8.5] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| specific diseases and medical conditions [8.9] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| housing [10.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| TRANSPORT, TRAVEL AND MOBILITY [11] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| family life and marriage [12.5] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| community, urban and rural life [13.1] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| cultural activities and participation [13.2] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| social conditions and indicators [13.8] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| migration [14.3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
| specific social services: use and provision [15.3] | CESSDA | http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common |
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
Unit of analysis
Household and individual
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
Authoring entity
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| Gauteng City-Region Observatory | University of Johannesburg |
Funding agencies
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Gauteng Provincial Government | Funder |
Data Collection
Dates of collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2015-07-06 | 2016-05-17 |
Mode of data collection
Face-to-face [f2f]
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 collector(s)
| Name |
|---|
| Data World |
Data access
Access authorities
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | info@data1st.org | http://www.datafirst.uct.ac.za |
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.
Disclaimer and copyrights
Copyrights
Copyright 2012, Gauteng City-Region Observatory (GCRO)
Contacts
Contact(s)
| Name | Affiliation | URI | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DataFirst Helpdesk | University of Cape Town | support@data1st.org | http://support.data1st.org/ |
Metadata production
IDNo
DDI_ZAF_2015_QOLS_v01_M
Producers
| Name | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|
| DataFirst | University of Cape Town | Metadata Producer |
Production date
2016-12-06
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.
Identical to DataFirst Version 1 (zaf-gcro-qols-2015-2016-v1), except for DDI and ID fields that were edited.