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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: TRUST
2021 South Africa's Thuma Mina moment: public opinion and political trust in South Africa's COVID-19 response
Effective leadership, state capacity and confidence in government are regarded as factors linked to successful COVID-19 pandemic responses t...
Download this report2020 Corruption perceptions and their effects on young graduates: attitudes towards public sector recruitment processes and trust in public institutions: a quantitative exploration of students from the university of KwaZulu-Natal and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs
Public sector recruitment in South Africa has continued to be a topic of much interest, by virtue of being the country's largest employer, p...
2020 Viral (un)freedom in the area of COVID-19: it is all about trust
Governments across the globe have taken drastic measures to contain COVID-19 through lockdowns, limiting physical contact between people, an...
2020 HSRC-UJ survey findings call for state and civil society collaboration to rebuild trust
Approximately two-thirds of South Africans said they would be willing to sacrifice some human rights to prevent the spread of COVID-19; and ...
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