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: HETEROSEXUALITY
2010 Being straight and being gay: identity or multiple desire: the case of South Africa
Constitution prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. In December 2006, South Africa became the fifth country in the wo...
2010 Recruiting heterosexual couples from the general population for studies in rural South Africa - challenges and lessons (Project Accept, HPTN 043)
Couples should be included in HIV prevention research, but their recruitment in southern Africa is challenging given high levels of migratio...
2010 Race and masculinities in the South African military
Generally, the military and masculinity are confirmed as harmonious and mutual. For many countries, military service assumes the status of i...
2009 Heterosexual anal intercourse among community and clinical settings in Cape Town, South Africa
Anal intercourse is an efficient mode of HIV transmission and may play a role in the heterosexual HIV epidemics of southern Africa. However...