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: HEALTH
2012 Sociodemographic and health correlates of sleep problems and duration in older adults in South Africa
The objective of this article was to investigate sleeping problems, sleep duration and associated factors in a national probability sample o...
2012 Cognitive functioning and associated factors in older adults in South Africa
The objective of this article is to investigate the congnitive functioning and associated factors in a national probability sample of older ...
2012 Data resource profile: the World Health Organization study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
Population ageing is rapidly becoming a global issue and will have a major impact on health policies and programmes. The World Health Organi...
2012 Alcohol use, problem drinking and health risk factors among South African youths
The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of problem drinking among South African youth (18-24 years). A cro...