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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2020 COVID-19 exacerbates anti-immigrant prejudice and discrimination

Mass demonstrations against systemic racism have broken out across the world in reaction to the unjust and tragic death of George Floyd at t...

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2019 Black South Africans' attitudes toward African immigrants between 2008 and 2016

Instead of the term "xenophobia", the dislike of immigrants, the term "Afrophobia" is increasingly being used to describe black South Africa...

2019 Associational life and 'the Dark Side' of social capital in South Africa: a quantitative analysis of anti-immigrant behaviour

Non-institutionalised anti-immigrant activity is a growing problem in many parts of the world, including Africa, and sometimes this activity...

2018 Attitudes to immigrants in South Africa: personality and vulnerability

While many countries across the world face increasing numbers of immigrants, the literature on attitudes to foreigners and immigrants focuse...