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: EMPLOYMENT
2013 The young and the discontented: youth views on unemployment
Between February and October 2012, a group of HSRC research interns embarked on a study entitled the Youth-Driven Development Project. The s...
2012 Impact Assessment of National Skills Development Strategy II: developing skills and capabilities through the learnership and apprenticeship pathway systems: synthesis report: assessing the impact of learnerships and apprenticeships under NSDSII
At the end of the five-year period of the National Skills Development Strategy II (2005 to 2010), the Department of Labour (DoL) sought to a...
Download this report2012 An assessment of skills development interventions in South Africa: skills development through structured qualifications: learnerships and apprenticeships: locating skills development in spatial and economic context
The learnership and apprenticeship systems are in their infancy, but evidence suggests that participation in these pathways has created acce...
Download this report2011 South African mining sector employment forecast to 2025
In 1994 South Africa's mining sector employed 610 000 workers. Within a short six years, by 2000, this had dropped to 418 000. The rapid dec...