David Lam Population Studies Center and Department of Economics, University of Michigan Project Resources for Research Projects on South Africa

The resources documented on this site were assembled to support research projects at the University of Michigan. Funds for the acquisition of these materials and the research projects they support were provided by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development. The data can be obtained through the sources indicated.

South Africa Web Links:

Statistics South Africa South African Data Archive Human Sciences Research Council Medical Research Council University of Cape Town University of Cape Town School of Economics UCT Southern African Labor and Development Research Unit (SALDRU) UCT Data First Research Unit UCT Development Policy Research Unit (DPRU) UCT Centre for Actuarial Research School of Development Studies, University of Natal University of the Witwatersrand

SALDRU 1993 South African Living Standards Survey KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 1998 Birth to Twenty Panel Study South Africa Government Online Polity.org South African Government Resources Western Cape Provincial Government City of Cape Town Mail and Guardian Newspaper Independent Online News Sunday Times

Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) - download data and documentation

Documentation for the South Africa October Household Survey (OHS)

(collected by Statistics South Africa)

Year	Questionnaire	Metadata and methodological notes	Code lists	Statistical release publication
1994
1995	PDF Word		PDF Word
1996	PDF Word	PDF Word	Excel
1997	PDF Word	PDF Word	Excel
1998	PDF Word	PDF Word	Excel
1999	PDF Word	PDF Word	Excel	PDF Word

Documentation for the 1996 South Africa Census

(collected by Statistics South Africa)

Main questionnaire (PDF)
Household metadata (PDF)

Person metadata (Word)
Documentation for the 2001 South Africa Census

(collected by Statistics South Africa)

Questionnaires: Households (Questionnaire A) (PDF) Institutions (Questionnaire B) (PDF) Institutions (Questionnaire C) (PDF)

Household metadata (PDF)

Person metadata (PDF)

Code lists: Religion (PDF) Country Codes (PDF)

Industry Code Lists: 1 Digit (PDF) 2 Digit (PDF) 3 Digit (PDF)

Occupation Code Lists: 1 Digit (PDF) 2 Digit (PDF) 3 Digit (PDF)

Documentation for the South Africa Labour Force Survey (LFS)

(collected by Statistics South Africa)

Year	Month	Round	Questionnaire	Metadata and methodological notes	Industry Code lists	Occupation Code lists	Statistical release publication
2000	March	1	PDF	PDF Word			PDF Paper Tables
	September	2	PDF	PDF Word	Excel	Word	PDF Paper Tables
2001	March	3	PDF	PDF Word			PDF
	September	4	PDF	PDF	Excel	PDF	PDF
2002	March	5	PDF	PDF			PDF
	September	6	PDF	PDF			PDF
2003	March	7	PDF	PDF			PDF
	September	8	PDF	PDF	Excel	PDF	PDF
2004	March	9	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
	September	10	PDF	PDF	Excel	PDF	PDF
2005	March	11	PDF	PDF	Excel	PDF	PDF
	September	12	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
2006	March	13	PDF	PDF	Excel	PDF	PDF
	September	14	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
2007	March	15	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
	September	16

Documentation for the South Africa Income and Expenditure Survey (IES)

(collected by Statistics South Africa)

Year	Questionnaire	Metadata and methodological notes	Industry Code lists	Occupation Code lists	Statistical release publication
1995	PDF				PDF
2000	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
2005/2006	PDF	PDF			PDF

Documentation for the South Africa General Household Survey (GHS)

(collected by Statistics South Africa)

Year	Questionnaire	Metadata and methodological notes	Industry Code lists	Occupation Code lists	Statistical release publication
2002	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
2003	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
2004	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
2005	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF
2006	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF	PDF

Documentation for the 1993 South Africa Living Standards Survey

(collected by SALDRU and the World Bank, details and data available from World Bank LSMS web site)

Overview of Survey (text file)
Household questionnaire (PDF)
Community questionnaire (PDF)

Web-based course in analysis of survey data:
With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the University of Michigan and the University of Cape Town have collaborated to develop a web-based distance learning course for statistical analysis of survey data, using the 1993 South Africa Living Standards Survey.
Click here to access these web-based course modules

This page updated 13 May 2008