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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: SCHOOL-LEAVERS EMPLOYMENT STUDY
2015 School exiting certificate: old wine in new bottles
Would a 'school exiting certificate', which is a grade 9 school-leaving certificate as recommended by a ministerial task-team report, offers...
2009 Ambitions revised: grade 12 learner destinations one year on
This monograph is the sequel to Studying Ambitions: Pathways from grade 12 and the factors that shape them, which investigated the aspiratio...
2009 A generation without opportunity
How many school-leavers find jobs the year after grade 12? And should they be in the labour market? In the following article Michael Cosser ...
2009 Doing & teaching in South Africa
How much interest is there among our school-leavers in becoming teachers? Are we doing enough to recruit young people into the profession? A...