Demographic and survey data resources
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Wazimap captures demographic information from Stats SA in a map view, down to municipality (Community Survey 2016) and ward level (Census 2011), and can be accessed . In general, Stats SA collects a large amount of data through regular, large scale surveys such as the in 2016, the 2014/15 and the annual (GHS) (). The underlying data can be accessed via their or portals. As an example from the 2017 GHS, this table shows how satisfied people were with different health services. Also see these on HDX and more on the toolkit.
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) runs an annual survey of social attitudes covering a variety of themes. The . One area of focus is the views of different age groups on politics, government and elections. This summarises a number of interesting findings including whether people think that voting 'makes a difference'.
Afrobarometer conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues in more than 35 countries in Africa. Here is the . Afrobarometer is useful for comparing South African attitudes with other countries on the continent, such as this on violence and crime.
SALDRU at UCT had been running a panel study since 2008 with 28,000 individuals across South Africa to understand changes in poverty and the impact of interventions.
One of the largest regular opinion surveys in the country is run by the Gauteng City Region Observatory (GCRO) which asks residents of the province questions about their 'Quality of Life' (QoL). This is the and you can to request the data. They also produce a regular monthly analysis of the data, such as , down to a ward level.
Stats SA runs citizen satisfaction surveys with the KwaZulu-Natal Office of the Premier. The report for 2018 survey . A summary of survey results is shown below. You may be able to access the underlying data by emailing Stats SA, it does not seem to be on Nesstar or SuperWEB.
