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South African Census 1960

South Africa, 1960
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Reference ID
zaf-usaocs-census-1960-v1.1
Producer(s)
Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics
Collections
Statistics South Africa
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Oct 17, 2012
Last modified
Jun 12, 2020
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  • Identification
  • Version
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  • Data Collection
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  • Access policy
  • Metadata production

Identification

Survey ID Number
zaf-usaocs-census-1960-v1.1
Title
South African Census 1960
Country
Name Country code
South Africa zaf
Study type
Population and Housing Census [hh/popcen]
Kind of Data
Census enumeration data
Unit of Analysis
Households and individuals

Version

Version Description
v1.1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
Version Notes
Version 1 of the dataset was obtained by DataFirst in July 2012.

Labels were added to the data of this version, version 1.1. The questionnaire for this census is missing. There is also no data file for Africans.

Scope

Notes
The 1960 census collected data on race, sex, marital status and marriage details, births, birthplace and nationality, usual place of residence, dwelling type, employment status, occupation and industry, language and literacy, level and type of education, religion and income

Coverage

Geographic Coverage
The survey had national coverage
Geographic Unit
The lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the data was town.
Universe
The census covered all households in South Africa

Producers and sponsors

Primary investigators
Name
Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics

Data Collection

Dates of Data Collection
Start
1960-09-06
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]

Questionnaires

Questionnaires
The dataset was obtained without a questionnaire and this is currently being sourced by DataFirst

Access policy

Contacts
Name Email URL
DataFirst Helpdesk support@data1st.org Link
Access conditions
Licensed dataset, accessible under conditions
Citation requirements
Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics. South African Census 1960 [dataset]. Version 1.1. Pretoria: Union of South Africa Office of Census and Statistics [producer], 19-. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2012. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25828/vpag-je19
Access authority
Name Affiliation Email URL
DataFirst University of Cape Town info@data1st.org Link

Metadata production

DDI Document ID
ddi-zaf-datafirst-census-1960-v1
Producers
Name Affiliation Role
DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata Producer
Date of Metadata Production
2020-06-12
DDI Document version
Version 3
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