South African Census 1980

South Africa, 1980

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Questionnaires

1980 Population Census

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Date	1980-01-01
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

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Country	South Africa
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

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Country	South Africa
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

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Country	South Africa
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

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Date	1980-01-01
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

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Author(s)	Statistics South Africa
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]

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Date	2005-01-01
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]

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Date	2005-01-01
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]

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Date	2006-01-01
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

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Country	South Africa
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]

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Country	South Africa
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

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Country	South Africa
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

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