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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: POVERTY

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2020 Gender disparities in poverty among smallholder livestock farmers in South Africa

This paper analyses gender disparities in poverty and the determinants of poverty among smallholder communal livestock farmers across five p...

2020 Re-thinking the value of land-based livelihoods in former Bantustans of post-apartheid South Africa

This paper explores the value of land-based livelihoods in former bantustans of post-apartheid South Africa. South Africa, particularly the ...

2020 Creating capacities and building capabilities for the civil society sector in South Africa

Civil society organisations (CSOs) of diverse types play an important role in the social, political and economic development of the country ...

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2020 Rural-urban inequalities amplified by COVID-19: evidence from South Africa

Like most governments around the world, the South African government adopted a uniform, place-blind response to the coronavirus pandemic, in...