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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: POST APARTHEID SOUTH AFRICA
2012 'A better life for all', social cohesion and the governance of life in post-apartheid South Africa
Against the background of rising levels of anxiety around the state of the social fabric in South African society, this paper explores the d...
2011 From informal settlements to brick structures: housing trends in post-apartheid South Africa
The housing subsidy scheme implemented since 1994 has changed the housing landscape and adequately sheltered more than 2.8 million household...
2011 Financial viability of rural municipalities in South Africa
Public finance is considered to be the overriding factor in determining the viability of local government. Presumably, without sound financi...
2011 From South Africa with love exporting corporate social investment
From 1994 to 2008, the trade of South Africa with the rest of Africa experienced a rapid and major growth, but little is known about the ext...