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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: PUBLIC OPINION
2020 A qualitative analysis of comments received from the general public in response to gazetted amendments to the Disaster Management Act Regulations: Alert Level 3 (Gazette 43521 of 12 July 2020)
The HSRC was requested to receive, on behalf of government, email responses from the general public to the gazetted amendments to the Disast...
Download this report2020 Myths, misconceptions, othering and stigmatizing responses to Covid-19 in South Africa: a rapid qualitative assessment
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) is a new strain of virus in the Coronavirus family that has not been previously...
Download this report2019 Truth be in the field: conducting comparative survey research in a multicultural society such as South Africa
Set against growing interest and advances in relation to multinational, multiregional, and multicultural (3MC) survey research, this paper w...
2019 The 'Fuck White People' phenomenon in South Africa: a discursive and statistical analysis
During the recent student protests in South Africa "fuck white people" appeared on T-shirts and walls. When understood only as anti-white se...