Research data
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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2013 "We've got you pegged": programme choice in the transition to, and passage through, higher education
A 2010 paper published in Higher Education investigated the relationship between South African Grade 12 students' programme preferences in 2...
2010 Race and opportunity in the transition from school to higher education in South Africa
This chapter begins by setting out the parameters within which the notion of discrimination in learning pathways can be considered. It proc...
2009 Studying ambitions: pathways from grade 12 and the factors that shape them
Broadly concerned with grade 12 learner aspirations for the future, this monograph hones in on the aspiration to study education and to ente...
2009 Perchance to teach: aye, there's the rub
What do matriculants plan to do with their lives after school? And why does it matter? A recent study of a group of 2005 matrics shows that ...