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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: VIOLENCE
2012 Sexual violence and HIV
This Chapter aims to provide a comprehensive synopsis and, in some instances, a critique of recent research conducted in the field of HIV/AI...
2011 On sex, violence & being macho in the army: male soldiers and sexual violence
Nyameka Mankayi interviewed 14 male soldiers in the South African National Defence Force between the ages of 23 and 33, looking at how mascu...
Download this report2011 Violence and violence research in Africa South of the Sahara
This review presents the major lines of investigation regarding violence in Africa since the Cold War. After a historical introduction to th...
2011 Shooting blanks?: South Africa's confidence in police
The recent killing of Andries Tatane by police during protest action in Ficksburg, together with a high incidence of police deaths this year...
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