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: IMMIGRANTS
2021 Anti-immigrant violence as social group control vigilantism?: understanding attitudes, behaviours and solutions
In the early September 2019 the street of Johannesburg convulsed with violence. Using anti-immigrant rhetoric, citizens in the country's wea...
2021 Understanding violence between South African nationals and African immigrants in Gauteng province: phase Two
South Africa' s political economy and social life has its foundations intrinsically linked with both historical and more contemporary migrat...
Download this report2020 Exploiting COVID-19 to spread hatred and fear: South Africa is vulnerable
In the past, foreign nationals coming into South Africa have been labelled as carriers of disease and other maladies that threaten the healt...
2020 Size does matter: the relationship between perceived immigrant group size and attitudes towards foreign nationals
Over the last two decades, there has been a considerable influx of foreign nationals into South Africa. Some scholars and politicians have l...