Research data
The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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2014 The association between stunting and psychosocial development among preschool children: a study using the South African Birth to Twenty cohort data
A large literature in developing countries finds a strong association between stunting in early childhood and educational attainment and/or...
Download this report2014 Overview of maternal, neonatal and child deaths in South Africa: challenges, opportunities, progress and future prospects
The fact that most sub-Saharan Africa countries including South Africa (SA) are not on track to meet the 2015 target of improving maternal, ...
2014 Childhood overweight and social correlates among school-going adolescents in Dominica and Jamaica
The purpose of this study was to investigate overweight and obesity and social correlates among school children in Dominica and Jamaica. The...
2014 Primary school-going children's understanding of HIV/AIDS: a narrative analysis
The aims of the study were to investigate how primary school-going children understand the HIV/AIDS pandemic and the effect of HIV/AIDS on t...