{"doc_desc":{"title":"zaf-hsrc-dhs-1987-v1","producers":[{"name":"DataFirst","abbr":"","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","role":"Metadata producer"}],"version_statement":{"version":"Version 7","version_date":"2026-08-24"}},"study_desc":{"title_statement":{"idno":"zaf-hsrc-dhs-1987-v1","title":"South Africa Demographic and Health Survey 1987","alternate_title":"SADHS 1987"},"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Human Sciences Research Council","affiliation":""}],"distribution_statement":{"contact":[{"name":"DataFirst Helpdesk","affiliation":"","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"http:\/\/www.support.data1st.org\/helpdesk"}]},"series_statement":{"series_name":"Demographic and Health Survey","series_info":"The South Africa Demographic and Health Survey series comprises nationally representative household surveys that collect demographic and health indicators for South Africa. The 1987 round was implemented by the Human Sciences Research Council. The 1998 survey was implemented by the Department of Health with the Medical Research Council and technical assistance from Macro International. The 2016 survey was implemented by Statistics South Africa with the South African Medical Research Council and technical assistance from ICF through The DHS Program. A 2003 survey was also conducted, but its data is not publicly available. Together, the documented rounds provide indicators on fertility, infant and childhood mortality, family planning, maternal and child health, adult health, and related topics."},"version_statement":{"version":"Version 1: Edited, anonymised dataset for public distribution","version_date":" 2014","version_notes":"Users should note that quality concerns have been identified in relation to the 1987 South African DHS, including political interference, coverage gaps, and broader structural constraints associated with the apartheid context. Nonetheless, subsequent research demonstrates that despite these limitations, the dataset remains reasonably clean and provides the most reliable evidence available on levels, trends, and determinants of health service use in South Africa during the late apartheid period (Phillips, 1999: Demographic Survey Data in South Africa: An Evaluation of Methodology and Quality)."},"study_info":{"abstract":"The Demographic and Health Survey is mainly concerned with the determination of fertility, infant mortality rates and closely related issues. Questions surrounding respondent\u2019s background, reproduction, contraception, health and breastfeeding, marriage, fertility preferences, and husband\u2019s background and woman\u2019s work were asked. This study consists of two datasets, one household dataset and the other an individual dataset, the respondent being a female of reproductive age that has already given birth or who is married or exposed to pregnancy. Females qualifying for the individual interview schedule were chosen from the responses to household (cover) questionnaire.","coll_dates":[{"start":"1987","end":"1987","cycle":""}],"nation":[{"name":"South Africa","abbreviation":"zaf"}],"geog_coverage":"The survey had national coverage","geog_unit":"The lowest geographical unit is Magisterial District","analysis_unit":"Households and individuals","universe":"The universe of the survey was female housheold members aged 12 to 49, who had given birth or were pregnant, or had been\/were married or in a "steady" relationship.","data_kind":"Sample survey data","notes":"The DHS collected data from women respondents on their place of residence, age, education level, religion and language, type of dwelling, reproduction, maternal health and breastfeeding, contraception, marriage, fertility, women's employment and husband's background"},"method":{"data_collection":{"data_collectors":[{"name":"Human Sciences Research Council","abbr":"HSRC","role":"","affiliation":""}],"sampling_procedure":"Random samples of clusters of households, were selected, representative of the main lifestyles in every participating region.","coll_mode":["Face-to-face"],"research_instrument":"The DHS collected data with a structured interview schedule\/questionnaire. This survey used a household cover questionnaire and an individual interview schedule for eligible women.","weight":"There is no weighting in the data."}},"data_access":{"dataset_use":{"contact":[{"name":"South African Data Archive","affiliation":"","email":"","uri":"http:\/\/www.nrf.ac.za\/sada"},{"name":"DataFirst Helpdesk","affiliation":"University of Cape Town","email":"support@data1st.org","uri":"https:\/\/support.data1st.org\/"}],"cit_req":"Human Sciences Research Council [HSRC], Demographic and Health Survey 1987, South Africa [dataset]. Version 1. Pretoria: HSRC [producer],1987. Cape Town: DataFirst [distributor], 2014. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.25828\/090x-7e53","conditions":"Public access data for use under a Creative Commons CC-BY (Attribution-only) License"}}},"schematype":"survey"}