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 Child vulnerability: priority and responsibility

This chapter discusses the need for an evidence-informed process to develop criteria for priority setting in the childcare sector. If criter...

2014 A review of TB in children and adolescents in South Africa 2008-2012

Previous studies have shown that the burden of TB disease in South Africa may mirror the high burden of the adult epidemic, although systema...

2014 Male attitudes towards children, fatherhood, and childrearing: a descriptive profile from South African Social Attitudes Survey (SASAS)

South African male attitudes towards children, fatherhood and childrearing remain an important topic for research and policy development giv...

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2014 Fragile families' experiences of caring for HIV-positive children: selected cases from the Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal

This chapter is drawn from a larger qualitative research project that sought to investigate and document the ways in which home-based care f...