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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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2010 Awareness of water pollution as a problem and the decision to treat drinking water among rural African households with unclean drinking water: South Africa 2005

Factors related to household perception of water pollution as a problem, treatment of drinking water and choice of chemical treatment are ex...

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2010 Education for self reliance - South Africa's alternative for addressing skills shortage and job creation: a literature review

South Africa's democratic state has been clouded by various social and economic ills like joblessness, skills shortage, poverty and crime. T...

2010 "For us women, working is an unfulfilled dream": womens' wage work and food security

This article reviews the findings from two small community studies in South Africa on the experience of poor households in respect of the ec...