South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)

STATUS: Current
PROJECT LEADER:Roberts, BJ (Dr Benjamin), Struwig, J (Dr Jare)
OTHER TEAM MEMBERS: Govender, K (Ms Koshen), Mamba, BM (Ms Busi), Gordon, SL (Dr Steven)
DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBLE: Developmental, Capable and Ethical State (DCES)
RESEARCH OUTPUTS: Public defence review 2020-2021: an examination of attitudes towards the South African National Defence Force, Attitudes towards the South African National Defence Force (SANDF): 2014-2020, Financial literacy in South Africa: results from the 2020 baseline survey, The development and implementation of a numerical integrator for the study of autonomous IVP models on climate change, Worlds apart: social attitudes to restitution in South Africa, Actions to promote family wellbeing and cohesion in South Africa, Understanding the attitude-behaviour relationship: a quantitative analysis of public participation in anti-immigrant violence in South Africa, Looking good on paper: a qualitative study of ballot paper design and political party identification in South Africa, Assessing service delivery: public perception of municipal service delivery in South Africa, South African social attitudes: family matters: family cohesion, values and strengthening to promote wellbeing, Subjective social status and inequalities in depressive symptoms: a gender-specific decomposition analysis for South Africa, Patterns of alcohol consumption in South Africa: implications of harmful drinking for families, The popularity of state discourses on anti-immigrant violence in South Africa, Intergenerational consensus within families, Filial responsibility and caring for the aging, South African public opinion on family rights for lesbians and gay men: entry points for activism and interventions, Introduction, "We are equal"!: gender constructions in a group of middle-class South African Muslim couples, Attitudes toward abortion, social welfare programs, and gender roles in the U.S. and South Africa, Black South Africans' attitudes toward African immigrants between 2008 and 2016
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Abstract

The South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS, www.hsrc.ac.za/sasas) is a nationally representative, repeated cross-sectional survey that has been conducted annually by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) since 2003.Designed as a time series, SASAS is increasingly providing a unique, long-term account of the speed and direction of change in underlying public values and the social fabric of modern South Africa. SASAS thus represents a notable tool for monitoring evolving social, economic and political values among South Africans, but it also demonstrates promising utility as an anticipatory, or predictive, mechanism that can inform decision- and policy-making processes. The series celebrated the successful completion of its 10th annual round in late 2012.