cometadata/datacite-titles-descriptions-related-identifiers huggingface dataset:
DOI: 10.14749/1481784255
title: An Outcomes Evaluation of the NDC fruit processors factory in Tzaneen (NDC) 2016: Suppliers

description: Description: 
 This study did an evaluation of the socio-economic spillovers of the introduction of a fruit processing factory in Tzaneen. The data file contains responses from the suppliers to the NDC fruit processors factory. The data contains information regarding the supplier's demographics, business activity, job creation, source of merchandise and the market environment.

 The data set contains 62 records and 66 variables.
Abstract: 
 This study did an evaluation of the socio-economic spillovers of the introduction of a fruit processing factory in Tzaneen. The factory was setup to provide alternative income streams to local entrepreneurs and the community in order to reduce poverty and increase overall well-being of the local population.

 The evaluation produced two data sets, one based on suppliers' experiences and the other based on households' experiences. The data in this data set is the suppliers' data only. It should be used together with the household data which will be made available in due course in order to get a clearer picture of the total spillover effects that could have materialised as a result of the operation of the factory.

 In depth interviews were conducted with local suppliers of fruit to the factory. The major questions asked in the study were:

 
 To what extent and in what ways did local entrepreneurs benefit from the arrival of the agro-processing project?
 
 What were the employment effects in the community?
 
 How can long run income diversification be achieved in the community?


 The major variables in the data set are:
 Changes in income streams, sources of merchandise, payment procedures, changes in personal circumstances and sources of income.
description: Face-to-face interview
description: The universe is all the suppliers to the NDC factory since it started operating in 2011. The sampling frame was the suppliers to the factory who were active between January 2013 and December 2015.
description: The strategy was to interview every supplier who could be reached on the listed contact numbers in the register. The retention pattern of telephone contacts in a case like this, over a two year period, is unpredictable and totally random. So the realised sample can be deemed to be totally random, although it may not necessarily be representative of the whole sample.
DOI: 10.14749/1510061112
title: Intimate partner violence with township girls involved in a soccer programme 2016: Qualitative study (SKILLZ)

description: Description: 
 The data contains 26 transcripts of interviews and focus groups with high school learners in Soweto.
Abstract: 
 The study was an evaluation of a programme that combined girls soccer with an educational curriculum that simultaneously tackled the issues of intimate partner choice, gender-based violence and HIV/AIDS prevention.

 The dataset therefore provides rich accounts of intimate/romantic relations of youth in Soweto, the role of violence in these young peoples lives and the health services that youth are able to access.
description: Digital audio recording
description: Face-to-face interview
description: Focus group
description: Participants in the programme were included.
description: The research made use of a stratified random sampling strategy. Participants for the focus groups and in-depth interviews were randomly selected from the sample of 200 girls that formed part of the longitudinal study.
DOI: 10.14749/1518433161
title: Twenty-year Review of the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) 2016

description: Description: 
 Twelve interviews with key informants were conducted to assist with reviewing the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) to mark the 20th year celebration of its existence in 2016.
Abstract: 
 The Commission for Gender Equality (CGE) celebrated its 20th year of existence in 2016. In order to assist with a review of this period in the life of the Chapter 9 institution, the CGE commissioned the Democracy, Governance and Service Delivery programme of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) to conduct research to mark its 20th year.

 Based on interviews with key informant stakeholders in government, in the Commission itself, and in civil society organisations with expertise in the area of gender equality and on reviews of various secondary sources of information (annual reports of the CGE, Parliamentary Monitoring Group reports, external reviews of the CGE, academic papers, court cases, and media reports), the report documents the achievements and impact of the Commission in each of the four five-year periods of its existence, highlighting key successes and challenges faced by the organisation and making recommendations for improvements to its work going forward. The achievements for each period are described under a common set of themes:

 
 An Introduction: discussing organisational matters; outlining the strategic focus of the CGE for that five-year period
 
 Legislation, customs and practices: considering submissions made to legislative processes; documenting CGE involvement in court cases
 
 Information and education programmes: reviewing all CGE outreach and advocacy campaigns
 
 Gender initiatives and complaints: considering CGE gender equality initiatives and gender-related complaints received from the public
 
 Liaison with institutions with similar objectives: detailing how the CGE has collaborated with sister Chapter 9 institutions and civil society organisations
 
 Compliance with international conventions and protocols: investigating the CGE's engagement with international law and policy on gender equality
 
 Research, and preparation and submission of reports to Parliament: focusing on all the research-related activities of the Commission; and
 
 Media profile: referencing Times Media Group newspaper reports on CGE activities and statements between 1996 and 2016.
description: Administrative records
description: Compilation or synthesis of existing material
description: Digital audio recording
description: Face-to-face interview
description: Telephone interview
description: Transcription of materials
description: The CGE identified a number of organisations to be included in the research and asked the HSRC to identify a further set of key informants. These interviewees are drawn from Parliament, NGOs working in the area of gender equality, universities, and the CGE itself.
description: The key informants were identified in association with the Research Manager at the Commission for Gender Equality (CGE). They included persons in NGOs, Parliament, and the CGE itself who have worked on gender issues.
DOI: 10.14749/1519907589
title: South African National Survey of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer at Publicly Funded Research Institutions - Inaugural Baseline Study (IP-TT): 2014-15 Aggregated

description: Description: 
 This data set contains the responses of Offices of Technology Transfer (OTT) directors who participated in the IP & TT survey. This survey also contains a qualitative component.
Abstract: 
 This survey establishes baseline indicators required to track overall activity in Intellectual Property (IP) management and Technology Transfer (TT) at publicly funded research institutions in South Africa.

 The study period starts in 2008, the year when the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act (IPR Act) was passed, and runs to 2014. The survey targeted all institutions as defined in the IPR Act, which are the 23 Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) and the 10 Schedule 1 institutions or Science Councils (SCs).

 Responding to the survey was voluntary. Third-party administrative data was also used in the study, both to enhance data and its quality and as a measure to reduce respondent burden. The survey results in this report represent seventy-three percent (73%) of the 33 publicly financed research institutions. International benchmarking data was referenced, where possible, to enhance the process of interpreting the findings.

 The survey instrument was initially based on a similar survey in the United States of America (USA), which was undertaken by the Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM). An oversight committee consisting of members from SARIMA, NIPMO, DST and CeSTII was established to assist with adaptation of the instrument to the South African context. This process also involved piloting the instrument with several institutions that are at various stages of TTF maturity.

 The following topics can be found in the questionnaire: Institution Details, Context of IP and Technology Transfer in SA, Capabilities and structures of the Technology Transfer Function (TTF), the activities of the TTF, IP Portfolio, IP Transaction and revenue, and start-up companies.
description: Administrative records
description: Email survey
description: Self-completion
description: Telephone interview
description: Web-based self-completion
description: The target population for the project were Government/public funded institutions.
description: All 33 units on the list of relevant units determined by the IPR Act were selected for inclusion in the survey.

 Of the 33 units, 24 answered a sufficient number of questions to be considered as unit responses, which yielded a 72.7% survey response rate. The nine units that did not respond comprised: four units that did not respond at all; and five units that only answered the initial biographical information of the respondent.

 Therefore, the items selected for the body of this report reflect data from a maximum of 24 institutions (17 HEIs and 7 SCs), which answered the questions partially and fully.
DOI: 10.14749/1535005392
title: Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2015 Grade 5: Numeracy (ASG) - South Africa as one of 39 countries

description: Description: 
 This data set contains learner responses to the learner background questionnaire as well as learner mathematics scores.

 The data set has 213 variables and 10 932 learners.

 Of the 300 sampled schools, 297 schools were included in the 2015 round of TIMSS at the Grade 5 level, providing a response rate of 97%.
Abstract: 
 TIMSS is a cross-national assessment of mathematics and science knowledge of fourth and eighth grades and includes approximately 57 countries. It is conducted by the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) every four years since 1995. South Africa took part at the grade 5 level for the first time in 2015 with fieldwork being conducted in October 2014. 

 The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) conducted the study in 297 schools and assessed 10932 learners across South Africa. To prevent a cluster of scores at the lower end of the scale and to ensure sufficient variance in the data for robust analyses; TIMSS was administered to grade 5 learners in South Africa. As part of the TIMSS study, mathematics tests and background questionnaires are administered to an intact randomly selected grade 5 class within a sampled school. In addition to the learners background questionnaires were administered to 298 mathematics teachers, 297 principals and 10493 parents or guardians.

 The data collected is used by countries to calculate learner scores in mathematics and science as well as the contextual factors associated with academic success. One of the main aims of the study is to measure the health of the education systems for a particular country.

 More specifically, at the grade 4 level the databases, which is internationally comparable, include the following for each participating country:

 
 Students' responses to each of the mathematics items administered in the study;
 
 Overall student achievement scores in mathematics;
 
 Students' responses to the student questionnaires,
 
 Parent or guardian responses to the home questionnaires,
 
 Mathematics teachersâ responses to the teacher questionnaires; and
 
 Principals' responses to the school questionnaires
description: Self-completion
description: The Department of Basic Education Master list of schools served as the Universe
description: Department of Basic Education Master list of schools database served as the sampling frame


 
 It included only schools that offered grade 5;
 
 Schools with population size smaller than 10 was excluded;
 
 Special schools were excluded.


 
 The TIMSS sampling design is a two-stage stratified cluster design:
 
 
 Selecting a random sample of schools from all eligible schools; and
 
 Randomly selecting a mathematics and science intact class within each of the sampled schools;
 
 


 
 The sample was explicitly stratified by Province, Language of Learning and Teaching (English, Afrikaans, Dual medium) and school type which was Public and Independent; and
 
 Implicitly stratified by quintile (school poverty index).
DOI: 10.14749/1546420723
title: South African Identity document study (ID) 1998 - All provinces

description: Description: 
 The data set contains information regarding the identity document survey that was done for the South African Electoral Committee (IEC) during 1998.

 The file contains 50 variables and 23 577 cases.
Abstract: 
 The Electoral Commission of South Africa (IEC), was established under conditions of Chapter 9 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa during 1998. A common voters' roll needed to be generated to ensure free and fair elections. All voters should be in possession of a green bar-coded identity document (ID) if they wanted to register as a voter and if they wanted to vote in the 1999 election.

 The HSRC was requested by the IEC and Department of Home Affairs to undertake a study in 1998 to ascertain which South African identity documents potential voters possessed for the purposes of election planning. Knowledge of the requirement of a green bar-coded ID to vote and voter intention was also investigated.
description: Face-to-face interview
description: National population: Adults (aged 17 and older).
description: A countrywide national sample was drawn to ensure a representative sample of respondents. The primary sampling units were the roughly 40 000 enumerator areas (EAs) that were demarcated by the Central Statistical service for the 1996 Census. 926 EAs were sampled of which 891 were included in the survey, 35 EAs could not be accessed. This was due to inadequate information on the location of the EA, inaccessibility of the area or refusals.

 Ten visiting points were randomly selected in a systematic way within each EA. Every person aged 17 years and older at the visiting point had to be interviewed, irrespective of the number of households at a visiting point. 9 859 Households were visited and 23 577 respondents 17 years and older were interviewed.
DOI: 10.14749/1545215415
title: South African Election Satisfaction Survey (ESS) 1999: Voters - All provinces

description: Description: 
 This data set contains responses of South African legible voters in the 1999 national and provincial assembly elections aged 18 years and older.

 All 214 selected voting stations were visited on election day. The number of voters interviewed was 11 140 and the data set contains 28 variables.

 The questionnaire questions included the distance traveled to the voting station, means of transport utilised, time spent in the voting queue, perception of IEC officials' competence, and perception of the freeness and fairness of the election.
Abstract: 
 The intention of the survey was to ascertain the degree to which voters consider the poll to have been conducted in a manner that is free and fair to all voters and political parties.

 The poll focused on the following issues: the extent to which various logistical matters impacted on voter participation, an assessment by voters of the free and fairness of the elections - including possible levels if intimidation.

 The study method comprised brief (5-minute) interviews with randomly selected voters exiting from the 214 selected voting stations. Voters were asked sixteen questions concerning their experiences on election day.

 The prime target population was therefore individuals aged 18+ who reside in South Africa and who were registered to vote in the 1999 national elections and voted. As voters exited these voting stations they were interviewed.
description: Face-to-face interview
description: The study was conducted among South Africans who voted in the 1999 National Elections. The target population for the voter component of the study was individuals aged 18 years and older who were registered to vote in the 1999 elections.
description: The survey was conducted at randomly selected voting stations in all nine provinces and stratified by metropolitan, urban and rural localities. The number of stations surveyed in each province ranged from 30 each in KwaZulu-Natal and Gauteng to 20 in the less populated provinces. At each voting station, an average of fifty voters were interviewed after they had cast their votes.

 Number of surveyed voting stations and respondents by province:

 
 
 
 Province
 
 Voting Stations Sampled
 
 Expected sample
 
 
 
 Eastern Cape
 
 29
 
 1526
 
 
 
 Free State
 
 20
 
 1047
 
 
 
 Gauteng
 
 30
 
 1547
 
 
 
 KwaZulu-Natal
 
 30
 
 1617
 
 
 
 Mpumalanga
 
 18
 
 910
 
 
 
 Northern Cape
 
 20
 
 1001
 
 
 
 Northern Province
 
 22
 
 1159
 
 
 
 North West
 
 20
 
 939
 
 
 
 Western Cape
 
 25
 
 1395
 
 
 
 Total
 
 214
 
 11140
DOI: 10.14749/1544691594
title: South African Election Satisfaction Survey (ESS) 2000: Voters - All provinces

description: Description: 
 This data set contains responses of South African legible voters in the 2000 local government elections aged 18 years and older.

 All 200 selected voting stations were visited on election day. The number of voters interviewed was 11 315 and the data set contains 30 variables.

 The questionnaire questions included the distance traveled to the voting station, means of transport utilised, time spent in the voting queue, perception of IEC officials' competence, and perception of the freeness and fairness of the election.
Abstract: 
 The objective of the 2000 Election Satisfaction Survey (ESS) -Voters was to determine opinions and perceptions of voters on election day.

 The poll focused on the following issues: (1) the extent to which various logistical matters impacted on voter participation, (2) an assessment by voters of the free and fairness of the elections - including possible levels if intimidation, (3) determine the extent to which first time voters participated in the elections, and (4) the reasons why voters participated in the elections.

 The results that were reported are the responses of a sample of 48% of the electorate that did vote.

 The study method comprised brief (5-minute) interviews with randomly selected voters exiting from the 210 selected voting stations. Voters were asked eighteen questions concerning their experiences on election day.

 The prime target population was therefore individuals aged 18+ who reside in South Africa and who were registered to vote in the 2000local government elections and voted. As voters exited these voting stations they were interviewed.
description: Face-to-face interview
description: The study was conducted among South Africans who voted in the 2000 National Elections. The target population for the voter component of the study was individuals aged 18 years and older who were registered to vote in the 2000 elections.
description: The survey was conducted at 210 randomly selected voting stations across South Africa. The sample was stratified by metropolitan, urban and rural localities. The number of stations surveyed in each province varied from 32 in KwaZulu-Natal to 18 each in in the Northern Cape, North West province and Mpumalanga. Between 50 and 70 voters were interviewed at each voting station after they had cast their votes. Voters were interviewed at regular intervals (calculated in relation to the number of registered voters and an anticipated 40% average poll) so as to ensure that interviews took place throughout the period during which the voting stations were open.

 Number of surveyed voting stations and respondents by province:

 
 
 
 Province
 
 Voting Stations Sampled
 
 Expected sample
 
 
 
 Eestern Cape
 
 27
 
 1339
 
 
 
 Free State
 
 20
 
 954
 
 
 
 Gauteng
 
 30
 
 1793
 
 
 
 KwaZulu-Natal
 
 32
 
 1843
 
 
 
 Mpumalanga
 
 18
 
 865
 
 
 
 Northern Cape
 
 18
 
 1089
 
 
 
 Northern Province
 
 22
 
 1077
 
 
 
 North West
 
 18
 
 993
 
 
 
 Western Cape
 
 25
 
 1362
 
 
 
 Total
 
 210
 
 11 315
DOI: 10.14749/1549522658
title: South African Voter Participation Survey (VPS) 2000 - All provinces

description: Description: 
 The following topics were covered in this questionnaire: voter education, voter registration and participation, general perceptions on voting, voting behaviour and history, media and information, as well as respondent and household characteristics. Question 32 has been removed from the data.

 This data set contains 2704 cases and 79 variables.
Abstract: 
 In order to assess the electoral landscape prior to the local government elections of December 2000, the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) approached the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC). The outcome was a two-phase research process involving both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.

 The specific purpose of the research was to determine the impact of the IEC's voter education programmes throughout the country and more generally, the extent to which the public was aware of and motivated to participate in the elections.
description: Face-to-face interview
description: National Population: Adults (aged 18 and older).
description: A sample of 2 704 voters was selected across each province of South Africa. Initial stratification was in terms of the lifestyle categorisations of each enumerator area (EA) in the country. EAs were selected randomly to ensure that sufficient numbers of respondents in each of the EA-types were included in the sample. In the cases of small components of the population, namely the Northern Cape and the Indian population in general, over-sampling took place to facilitate generalisability at provincial and population group levels.
DOI: 10.15468/dl.hq64s6
title: Occurrence Download

description: A dataset containing 532 species occurrences available in GBIF matching the query:
{
 "and" : [
 "TaxonKey is Discoglossus pictus Otth, 1837",
 "HasCoordinate is true",
 "Year is greater than or equal to 2013",
 "Year is less than or equal to 2018",
 "CoordinateUncertaintyInMeters is less than or equal to 1000"
 ]
}

 The dataset includes 532 records from 17 constituent datasets; see https://api.gbif.org/v1/occurrence/download/0000475-250127130748423/datasets/export for details.
 
Data from some individual datasets included in this download may be licensed under less restrictive terms.