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Khayelitsha Rodent Study 2017-2018

South Africa, 2017 - 2018
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zaf-cssr-icwild-krs-2017-2018-v1
Producer(s)
Centre for Social Science Research, Institute for Communities and Wildlife
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Nov 26, 2018
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Survey instrument
  • Data collection
  • access_policy
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    zaf-cssr-icwild-krs-2017-2018-v1
    Title
    Khayelitsha Rodent Study 2017-2018
    Country
    Name
    South Africa
    Study type
    Household Survey [hh]
    Series Information
    Centre for Social Science Research & The Institute for Communities and Wildlife. Khayelitsha Rodent Study 2017-2018 [Dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: CSSR and iCWild [producers], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. https://doi.org/10.25828/69TD-0531
    Abstract
    The main objective of the Khayelitsha Rodent Study (KRS) was to explore the nature of rodent infestation and attitudes to rodent control and poison use in Site C Khayelitisha, Cape Town, South Africa. The KRS originated in response to the controversy over a Public Works Programme (PWP) run by the Khayeltisha Environmental Health Unit in which previously unemployed people were hired to set cage traps in people’s homes and then drown the captured rats. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) threatened legal action (because drowning animals is illegal) and the PWP resorted to using poison to destroy the rats.
    Kind of Data
    Sample survey data
    Unit of Analysis
    Households

    Version

    Version Description
    v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution
    Version Date
    2018

    Scope

    Notes

    The survey collected data on households (dwelling type and condition, tenure type, access to electricity, water and sanitation services, asset ownership, and garbage disposal), household members (birthplace, gender, age, home language, education level, employment status and levels of trust). Data was also collected on attitudes to domestic and animals, wildlife and national parks, as well as the presence and control of rats and mice.

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    The survey covered selected households in Khayelitsha Site C in Cape Town, South Africa.
    Geographic Unit
    The data is available at the level of Census Small Area.
    Universe
    The survey covered households in Site C, Khayelitsha

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Centre for Social Science Research University of Cape Town
    Institute for Communities and Wildlife University of Cape Town
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Role
    Centre for Social Science Research Funder
    Institute for Communities and Wildlife Funder
    National Research Foundation Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    The Khayelitsha Rodent Study was a two-stage, stratified random sample conducted between 08-08-2017 and 30-06-2018 in Site C, Khayelitsha, South Africa. Using the 'Small Areas' demarcated by the 2011 census as the primary sampling unit, we drew a stratified two-stage random sample. The Small Areas were stratified according to whether they covered formal housing areas (i.e. had a cadastral layer) or were informal shack settlements (without such a layer). The secondary sampling unit (SSU) was dwellings within each Small Area. The sample of 222 households was drawn from, 11 Small Areas as defined in the 2013 South African census. The number of dwellings in a formal Small Area are on average 211 and 205 in the informal areas. The number of respondents per Small Area is given by Table 1. The variables PSU and stratum capture this in the dataset.
    Weighting
    Two weights are provided in the Khayelitsha Rodent Study dataset: PP_weight is an individual level weight and HH_weight is a household weight.

    Survey instrument

    Questionnaires
    The questionnaire version V1.03 is the latest one used in the field. This version differs from the first version deployed in that it incorporates questions q73.1 to q74.5 directly. These questions were administered by telephone to respondents who answered an earlier version of the questionnaire.

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2017-08-08 2018-06-30
    Supervision
    Ethics approval for the survey was obtained through the University of Cape Town’s Research Ethics Committee (REC/2017/03/001 and REC/2018/02/006).

    access_policy

    Access authority
    Name Affiliation URL Email
    DataFirst University of Cape Town support@data1st.org
    Access conditions
    Public use files, available to all
    Citation requirements
    Centre for Social Science Research & The Institute for Communities and Wildlife. Khayelitsha Rodent Study 2017-2018 [Dataset]. Version 1. Cape Town: CSSR and iCWild [producers], 2018. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2018. https://doi.org/10.25828/69TD-0531

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name Affiliation Email URL
    DataFirst support University of Cape Town support@data1.st.org

    Metadata production

    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    DataFirst University of Cape Town Metadata producer
    Date of Metadata Production
    2020-04-20

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version
    Version 2
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