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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Research data: COVID-19

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2020 "Front line talk": South African health care workers' response to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic

The presentation is about health workers who have been at the fore front of fighting this pandemic and at high risk of contracting the virus...

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2020 HSRC series of rapid assessments on socio-behavioural aspects of COVID-19

This was the first survey that was conducted in the first month of the outbreak prior to the announcement of the lockdown. The survey focuse...

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2020 A big need: Covid-19 has rammed home the necessity of social protection and a universal basic income grant

Chronic unemployment and poverty have deepened despite numerous interventions. Over and above Covid-19 impacts, they amount to a chronic dis...

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2020 Letter to the editor: South African health professionals' state of wellbeing during the emergence of COVID-19

Given the rapid emergence of COVID-19 in South Africa (SA), little is known about the wellbeing of our health professionals. The mortality r...