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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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2017 The Ghana men's study II: mapping and population size estimation (MPSE) and integrated bio-behavioral surveillance survey (IBBSS) amongst men who have sex with men (MSM) in Ghana
This report provides the most comprehensive national scale data on MSM in Ghana that then can be used to inform evidence-based programming t...
Download this report2016 A social network typology and sexual risk-taking among men who have sex with men in Cape Town and Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Despite the high prevalence of HIV among men who have sex with men in South Africa, very little is known about their lived realities, includ...
2016 Intimate partner violence as a factor associated with risky sexual behaviours and alcohol misuse amongst men in South Africa
Globally intimate partner violence (IPV) is a public health problem that can be perpetrated by both males and females, although males are mo...
2016 Amendments to the sexual offences act dealing with consensual underage sex: implications for doctors and researchers
In terms of the Sexual Offences and Related Matters Amendment Act, consensual sex or sexual activity with children aged 12 - 15 was a crime...
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