# South African Census 1980

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Questionnaires 

1980 Population Census 

Date | 1980-01-01  
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Country | South Africa  
Language | English  
Publisher(s) | Central Statistical Service (now Statistics South Africa)  
Description | This is the questionnaire for the 1980 South African Population Census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/6563  
  
Technical documents 

Population Census 1980 manual for fieldworkers 

Country | South Africa  
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Language | English  
Publisher(s) | Department of Statistics  
Description | This is the manual for fieldworkers in the 1980 Census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/6566  
  
Bevolkingsensus 1980 handleiding vir kontroleurs 

Country | South Africa  
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Language | Afrikaans  
Publisher(s) | Department of Statistics  
Description | This is the manual for controllers in the 1980 census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/6816  
  
Population Census 1980 manual for supervisors 

Country | South Africa  
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Language | English  
Publisher(s) | Department of Statistics  
Description | This is the manual for fieldwork supervisors in the 1980 census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/6817  
  
1980 Population Census: Instructions for filling in the questionnaire 

Date | 1980-01-01  
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Country | South Africa  
Language | English  
Contributor(s) | This is the document provided to fieldworkers to assist respondent to complete the census questionnaire  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/10647  
  
South African Data Archive Codebook 

Author(s) | Statistics South Africa  
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Date | 1980  
Country | South Africa  
Language | English  
Publisher(s) | South African Data Archive  
Description | This is the codebook for the census 1980, containing lists of all the values that categorical variables (such as suburb, race, and so on) were assigned.  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/11665  
  
Other Materials 

[Census 1980 place codes] 

Date | 2005-01-01  
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Country | South Africa  
Language | English  
Publisher(s) | Central Statistical Services  
Description | This is the code list for provinces, districts and census regions in the census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/6561  
  
[Census 1980 occupation codes] 

Date | 2005-01-01  
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Country | South Africa  
Language | English  
Publisher(s) | Central Statistical Services (now Statistics South Africa)  
Description | This is the code list for occupations in the census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/6812  
  
[Census 1980 district codes] 

Date | 2006-01-01  
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Country | South Africa  
Language | English  
Publisher(s) | Central Statistica Services (now Statistics South Africa)  
Description | This is a list of codes for magisterial districts in the census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/10640  
  
Versyferings instruksies: Census 1980 

Country | South Africa  
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Language | Afrikaans  
Contributor(s) | These are the coding instructions used for the census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/10648  
  
[Detailed classification of industries with description] 

Country | South Africa  
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Language | English  
Contributor(s) | This is the code list for used to classify industries in the census  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/10649  
  
Religion of churches 

Country | South Africa  
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Language | English  
Contributor(s) | This is a list of codes for churches attended by respondents.  
Download | https://datafirst.uct.ac.za/dataportal/index.php/catalog/252/download/10650