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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: SOCIAL COHESION
2015 Neighbourhood-level social capital and anti-immigrant prejudice in an African context: an individual-level analysis of attitudes towards immigrants in South Africa
African states are often characterised as low trust societies. Could a deficiency of social capital explain prejudice towards immigrants in ...
2014 Pride and prejudice: trends in South African national pride
The recent commemoration of Heritage Day and Heritage Month raised questions about the state of social cohesion and national identity in the...
Download this report2014 Safe and inclusive cities: is social cohesion the missing link in overcoming violence, inequality and poverty?: preliminary research findings, Khayelitsha South Africa
This report has sought to triangulate a range of data in order to ensure as complete a picture of the current context in Khayelitsha as poss...
Download this report2013 Towards a social cohesion barometer for South Africa
A familiar scene erupted on 14 August 2012 when 350 people of the Khayelitsha community in Cape Town came out in protest against poor housin...