Do not use for DataFirst datasets DataFirst 2020-04-20 Nesstar Publisher Version 2 Khayelitsha Rodent Study 2017-2018 KRS 2017-2018 zaf-cssr-icwild-krs-2017-2018-v1 Centre for Social Science Research Institute for Communities and Wildlife Nesstar Publisher Centre for Social Science Research Institute for Communities and Wildlife National Research Foundation DataFirst support Household Survey [hh] 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 v1: Edited, anonymised data for public distribution 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. South Africa The survey covered selected households in Khayelitsha Site C in Cape Town, South Africa. The data is available at the level of Census Small Area. Households The survey covered households in Site C, Khayelitsha Sample survey data 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. 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. Face-to-face [f2f] 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. 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). Two weights are provided in the Khayelitsha Rodent Study dataset: PP_weight is an individual level weight and HH_weight is a household weight. DataFirst 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 Public use files, available to all krs-2017-2018-anon-qlabelled-v1.NSDstat 0 266 Nesstar 200801 0 0 0 0 1 1. formal 2 2. informal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Jorich Loubser 2 2. Jed Stephens 3 3. Fezeka Lephaila 4 4. Emma Green 5 5. Adam Buckland 6 6. Kai Fitchen 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Dwelling/house or brick structure on a separate stand 3 3. Dwelling/house/flat/room in backyard 4 4. Informal dwelling/shack in backyard 5 5. Informal dwelling/shack not in backyard, e.g. in an informal squatter settlement 6 6. Other – specify 0 0 0 0 3 3. Corrugated iron/zinc only 4 4. Wood only 5 5. Mix of zinc and wood 8 8. Tile 11 11. Asbestos/cement roof sheeting 0 0 6 6. Plastic 11 11. Asbestos/cement roof sheeting 0 0 1 1. Bricks 2 2. Cement block/concrete 3 3. Corrugated iron/zinc only 4 4. Wood only 5 5. Mix of zinc and wood 8 8. Tile 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 0 2 2. Mats or carpet on top of earth floor 3 3. Concrete 4 4. Carpet on concrete 5 5. Tiles 6 6. Mixture of carpet and tiles on concrete 7 7. Wood 8 8. Linoleum/Vinyl 9 9. Other (describe) 0 0 5 5. Tiles 6 6. Mixture of carpet and tiles on concrete 7 7. Wood 8 8. Linoleum/Vinyl 9 9. Other (describe) 0 0 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Piped water in the house 2 2. An outside tap in the yard 3 3. Collect water from a communal tap 0 0 1 1. Flush toilet inside the house 2 2. Flush toilet outside shared with other households 3 3. Chemical toilet inside the house 4 4. Chemical toilet outside the house, shared with other households 5 5. Other – specify 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Own 2 2. Rent 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Inside 2 2. Outside 0 0 1 1. Bin with lid 2 2. Bin without lid 3 3. Plastic, Shoprite or Checkers bag on the floor 4 4. Plastic, Shoprite or Checkers off the floor 0 0 1 1. Wheelie Bin 2 2. Outside plastic or metal bin with lid 3 3. Outside plastic or metal bin without lid 4 4. Plastic bag on the floor 5 5. Plastic bag off the floor 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. The wheelie bin is emptied by government 2 2. The plastic bags are collected from outside our house by government workers 3 3. We take the rubbish to a container 4 4. We leave it outside (in the street) 5 5. Other 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Also the kitchen is close to the main entrance into the home. 2 2. and the main entrance is in effect the entrance into the kitchen. 3 3. House is right across the river so remarkable that she has no rats. 4 4. Is a mechanic so all things crammed into the house. So easy for rats to hide. 5 5. Opposite the house is an open drain where people dump food, its worse in summer she says. 6 6. So there is a lot of cardboard and plastic that keeps all that stuff 7 7. The house is connescted to brickhouse with cat, which also comes into the shack house. 8 8. The house is immaculate. 9 9. There's a baby in the house, toys, baby food containers on the floor and under cupboards. 10 10. There is no wardrobe or suitcase 11 11. They're on the floors. She has a small shop as well. The vegetables are on the floor on soil. 12 12. They have no gaps in walls, no gaps between walls and floor so no holes. They have drum-like buckets where they store their food. Those are really hard so rats can't chew through. 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. TRUE 2 2. FALSE 0 0 2 2. FALSE 0 0 1 1. Cape Town 2 2. Eastern Cape 3 3. Other (specify) 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Xhosa 2 2. Other (specify) 0 0 0 0 1 1. Male 2 2. Female 0 0 0 0. I never went to school 2 2. Class2/Grade2 3 3. Std1/Grade3 4 4. Std2/Grade4 5 5. Std3/Grade5 6 6. Std4/Grade6 7 7. Std5/Grade7 8 8. Std6/Grade8 9 9. Std7/Grade9 10 10. Std8/Grade10 11 11. Std9/Grade11 12 12. Std10/Grade12 99 99. I cannot remember 0 0 1 1. Employed (wage job) 2 2. Self employed 3 3. Unemployed, looking for work 4 4. Unemployed, not looking for work 5 5. Disabled/cannot work 6 6. Student 7 7. Retired 8 8. Looking after the house, children etc. 9 9. Other (explain) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Got worse 2 2. Stayed the same 3 3. Got better 4 4. I don't know 0 0 1 1. Summer 2 2. Winter 3 3. They are a problem all year 4 4. Other (specify) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Got worse 2 2. Stayed the same 3 3. Got better 4 4. I don't know 0 0 1 1. Summer 2 2. Winter 3 3. They are a problem all year 4 4. Other (specify) 0 0 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. A few times 3 3. Many times 4 4. Just about every day 0 0 1 1. Got worse 2 2. Stayed the same 3 3. Got better 4 4. I don't know 0 0 1 1. Summer 2 2. Winter 3 3. They are a problem all year 0 0 0 0 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. I killed them by hitting them or standing on them 2 2. I drowned them 3 3. I left them alive and threw the glue trap away with them still stuck on it 4 4. Other, explain 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. A hawker on a train 2 2. A street seller 0 0 1 1. I mix it with mielie pap 2 2. I mix it with cooked food 3 3. Other (explain) 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 0 0 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 4 4. Effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 4 4. Effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Totally useless 2 2. Hardly ever works 3 3. Sometimes works 4 4. Effective 5 5. Very effective 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. No 0 0 1 1. Grain bait (grains soaked in poison) 2 2. Blue squares 3 3. Other (describe) 0 0 0 0 -8 -8. Refuse 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 4 4. Never had cage traps set 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 4 4. Never had cage traps set 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 0 -9 -9. Don’t know 1 1. Yes, I have heard of the SPCA 2 2. No, I have not heard of the SPCA 0 0 1 1. Yes, I knew that 2 2. No, I did not know that 0 0 -9 -9. Don’t know 1 1. Yes, I care and would prefer the rats not to suffer 2 2. No, I really don’t care if the rats suffer 3 3. No, and actually I am happy if the rats suffer 4 4. Other (explain) 0 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don’t know 1 1. Yes 2 2. Yes, as long as it is effective 3 3. No 0 0 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes, I knew that 2 2. No, I did not know that 0 0 1 1. Yes, the respondant is uncomfortable and will probably not want to think about this 2 2. No, the respondant seems unconcerned 0 0 1 1. Yes, I knew that 2 2. No, I did not know that 0 0 1 1. Yes, I worry about this 2 2. Yes I worry, but not much 3 3. No, I don’t worry 4 4. Other (explain) 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. Hardly ever 3 3. Sometimes 4 4. Quite often 5 5. Frequently 0 0 1 1. Never 2 2. Hardly ever 3 3. Sometimes 4 4. Quite often 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Sometimes 2 2. Always 3 3. Never 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Sometimes 2 2. Always 3 3. Never 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Sometimes 2 2. Always 3 3. Never 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 1 1. Disagree strongly 2 2. Disagree 3 3. Neither agree nor disagree 4 4. Agree 5 5. Agree strongly 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 -9 -9. Don't know 1 1. Yes 2 2. No 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1. Fezeka Lephaila 2 2. Thobani 0 0 0 0 1 1. collected 2 2. container 3 3. litter