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National Income Dynamics Study 2008

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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Adult Questionnaire
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Child Questionnaire
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Household Questionnaire
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Proxy Questionnaire
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Numeracy Test Level 3
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Numeracy Test Level 2
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Numeracy Test Level 1
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Numeracy Test Level 4
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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Technical documents
National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Code Sheet V3.1
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Country South Africa
Language English
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Version 3.0 Release: User document
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Author(s) Southern Affica Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
Date 2010-11-01
Country South Africa
Table of contents 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................................. 1

1.1 GENERAL NOTES...................................................................................................................................... 1
1.2 SAMPLING AND WEIGHTS .......................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 DATA INCONSISTENCIES ............................................................................................................................ 3

2. VARIABLE CODEBOOK .................................................................................................................................... 4
2.1 VARIABLES COMMON TO ALL DATASETS ......................................................................................................... 4
2.2 ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRES ................................................................................................................ 5
2.2.1 Wave 1: Full Household data ....................................................................................................... 5
2.2.2 Wave 1: Full Roster data ............................................................................................................ 55
2.2.3 Wave 1: Full Adult data ............................................................................................................. 58
2.2.4 Wave 1: Full Proxy data ............................................................................................................. 94
2.2.5 Wave 1: Full Child data .............................................................................................................100
2.3 DERIVED DATA FILES ..............................................................................................................................110
2.3 1 Wave 1: Full Individual derived data .........................................................................................110
2.3.2 Wave 1: Full Household derived data ........................................................................................115

3. APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................... 118
APPENDIX A: CODE SHEET ...........................................................................................................................118
APPENDIX B: LABOUR .................................................................................................................................120
APPENDIX C: OTHER GEOGRAPHIC .................................................................................................................121
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National Income Dynamics Study Fieldwork Manual 2008 Wave 1
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Author(s) Southern Affica Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
Table of contents 1. Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 1
What is the National Income Dynamics Study? .............................................................................. 1
Objectives ........................................................................................................................................ 1

2. Sampling and respondent selection ................................................................................................ 2
Primary sampling units and maps ................................................................................................... 3
How to find the sampled dwelling units ......................................................................................... 3
Household control sheet and respondent selection ....................................................................... 3

3. The importance of the fieldworker in ensuring quality .................................................................. 4

4. Protocols for the fieldworker and fieldwork manager .................................................................... 5
Staff Behaviour ................................................................................................................................ 5
Professionalism and ethics .............................................................................................................. 5
Safety ............................................................................................................................................... 5
Driving ............................................................................................................................................. 6
Equipment ....................................................................................................................................... 6

5. Gaining access ................................................................................................................................. 6
Answering a respondent's initial queries ........................................................................................ 8
Confidentiality and consent ............................................................................................................ 9
Refusals ......................................................................................................................................... 10
Repeat visits .................................................................................................................................. 12

6. Protocols on completing a questionnaire and quality assurance ................................................. 12
Capturing the entire household .................................................................................................... 12
Proxy interviews ............................................................................................................................ 13

7. Guidelines to conducting an interview ......................................................................................... 13
Be prepared ................................................................................................................................... 13
Maintaining rapport and dealing with sensitive issues ................................................................. 14
Neutral Attitude ............................................................................................................................ 15
Being a good listener ..................................................................................................................... 16

8. Questionnaire specific notes ......................................................................................................... 17
8.1 Household Questionnaire ....................................................................................................... 18
8.2 Adult Questionnaire ................................................................................................................ 26
8.3 Child questionnaire ................................................................................................................. 42
8.4 Proxy questionnaire ................................................................................................................ 51
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Methodology: Report on NIDS Wave 1
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subtitle Technical Paper no. 1
Author(s) Murray Leibbrandt, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit Ingrid Woolard, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit Louise de Villiers, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Weights: Report on NIDS Wave 1
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subtitle Technical Paper no. 2
Author(s) Martin Wittenberg, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Household Income: Report on NIDS Wave 1
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subtitle Technical Paper no. 3
Author(s) Jonathan Argent, NIDS, University of Cape Town
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
Table of contents 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................................................... 1

2. The construction of household income measurements ............................................................................... 2

3. Non response ................................................................................................................................................................. 4
3.1 Unit non-response within responding households ................................................................................ 5
3.2 Item non-response ............................................................................................................................................... 6
3.3 Bracket responses ................................................................................................................................................ 6

4. Imputation strategy .................................................................................................................................................... 8
4.1 Imputation for item non-response ................................................................................................................ 8
4.2 Imputation for unit non-response ................................................................................................................. 9
4.3 Imputation regressions ................................................................................................................................... 10

5. Implied rental income ............................................................................................................................................. 11
5.1 Renters ................................................................................................................................................................... 11
5.2 Don't own, don't rent ....................................................................................................................................... 11
5.3 Owners ................................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.3.1 Owners with mortgage bonds still outstanding ........................................................................... 12
5.3.2 Owners of fully paid off dwellings ..................................................................................................... 14
5.4 The distributions ............................................................................................................................................... 14
5.5 Summary ............................................................................................................................................................... 15

6. Some basic sanity checks on the data ............................................................................................................... 17

7. Comparison with other data sources in South Africa ................................................................................ 20
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National Income Dynamics Study Wave 1, Introduction to NIDS data (update, september 2013)
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Author(s) Southern Affica Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
Date 2013-09-05
Country South Africa
Language English
Publisher(s) National Income Dynamics Study
Description This is an overview to the updated version of the NIDS Wave 1 data release in September 2013
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Changes in W1 data from V5.1 to V5.2
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Date 2014-02-01
Country South Africa
Language English
Description This documents the changes in the NIDS wave 1 dataset from version 5.1 to version 5.2
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Readme
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Date 2013-08-20
Country South Africa
Language English
Publisher(s) National Income Dynamics Study
Description This is a note on new version (5.2) of the NIDS Wave 1 data.
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Other Materials
National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation Afrikaans
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Country South Africa
Language Afrikaans
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation IsiNdebele
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Country South Africa
Language Ndebele, South
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation Xhosa
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Country South Africa
Language Xhosa
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation IsiZulu
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Country South Africa
Language Zulu
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation Sepedi
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Language Sepedi
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation Sesotho
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Country South Africa
Language Sotho, Southern
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation Setswana
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Country South Africa
Language Tswana
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation Siswati
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Language Swati
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation Tshivenda
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Country South Africa
Language Tshivenda
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Documentation Xitsonga
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Country South Africa
Language Tsonga
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Access Letter
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Author(s) School of Economics, University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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National Income Dynamics Study 2008 Wave 1 Health Information Sheet
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Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Adult Consent Form V10.5
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Author(s) School of Economics, University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Child Consent Form V7.8
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Hhold Consent Form V6.1
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Author(s) University of Cape Town
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Proxy Consent Form V3.2
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Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Proxy Consent Form V3.2
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 1_Migration
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Author(s) Dorrit Posel , School of Development Studies, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 2_Health
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Author(s) Cally Ardington, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 3_Education
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Author(s) Nicola Branson, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit David Lam, Department of Economics, University of Michigan
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 4_Access_to_Asset
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Author(s) Haroon Bhorat, Development Policy Research Unit Carlene van der Westhuizen, Development Policy Research Unit Aalia Cassim, Development Policy Research Unit
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 5_Inequality
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Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 6_Agriculture
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Author(s) Julian May, School of Development Studies, University of Kwa-Zulu Natal Michael Carter, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 7_Social_Cohesion
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Author(s) Justine Burns, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 8_Debt
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Author(s) Garikai Nyaruwata, Department of Economics, University of Cape Town Murray Leibbrandt, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 9_Demography
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Author(s) Tom Moultrie, Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town Rob Dorrington, Centre for Actuarial Research, University of Cape Town
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 10_Grants
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Author(s) Hayley McEwen, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit Catherine Kannemeyer, Development Policy Research Unit Ingrid Woolard, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 11_Intra_household
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Author(s) Kamilla Gumede, Massachusetts Institute for Technology
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 12_Labour
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Author(s) Vimal Ranchod, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 14_Subjective_Wellbeing
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Author(s) Benjamin Roberts, Child, Youth, Family & Social Development (CYFSD), Human Sciences Research Council
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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NIDS 2008 Discussion Paper 15_Intergenerational
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Author(s) Sarah Girdwood, Graduate Student, University of Cape Town Murray Leibbrandt, Southern African Labour & Development Research Unit
Date 2009-07-01
Country South Africa
Language English
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Program Library.zip
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Date 2014-01-01
Country South Africa
Publisher(s) SALDRU
Description These are the syntax files for the data
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