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    • South Africa - Agincourt INDEPTH Core Dataset 1993-2017 (Release 2019)

    AFRICA-2019
    Reference ID INDEPTH.ZA011.CMD2017.v1
    Year 1993 - 2017
    Country South Africa
    Producer(s) Professor Stephen Tollman - University of the Witwatersrand
    Professor Kathleen Khan - University of the Witwatersrand
    Dr Mark Collinson - University of the Witwatersrand
    Professor Samuel C
    Sponsor(s) Wellcome Trust - -
    The National Institute of Ageing NIH - -
    Andrew W Mellon Foundation - -
    The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation - -
    South African Medical Research Council - -
    Collection(s)
    Africa Region – Release 2019
    Metadata PDF Documentation in PDF
    Created on
    Sep 24, 2019
    Last modified
    Sep 24, 2019
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    Data Collection
    Data Collection Dates
    StartEndCycle
    1993-01-012017-12-31Release Coverage
    Time Periods
    StartEndCycle
    1992-03-01Round 1
    1993-10-25Round 2
    1995-06-10Round 3
    1996-07-15Round 4
    1999-07-12Round 5
    2000-07-19Round 6
    2001-08-01Round 7
    2002-08-01Round 8
    2003-07-01Round 9
    2004-08-01Round 10
    2005-08-01Round 11
    2006-08-01Round 12
    2007-08-01Round 13
    2008-08-01Round 14
    2009-08-03Round 15
    2010-08-02Round 16
    2011-08-01Round 17
    2012-08-01Round 18
    2013-08-01Round 19
    2014-08-01Round 20
    2015-08-01Round 21
    2016-08-01Round 22
    2017-08-01Round 23
    Data Collection Mode
    Proxy Respondent [proxy]
    Data Collection Notes


    Minimum of 2 weeks training for field team every year adiditonal training for supervisors.



    Inteviews in the the repondents home language Xitsonga (Shangaan)



    Community Liaison Office (LINC office) works with Community advisory grroup and provides community feedback in each village after each census round

    Questionnaires


    Full details can be foud on the link http://www.agincourt.co.za/index.php/data/data-collection-instruments/



    Data Collectors
    NameAbbreviationAffiliation
    Agincourt HDSS AHDSSUniversity of the Witwatersrand
    Supervision


    Interviews were conducted by teams of interviewers. Each interviewing team comprises of 5 -6 individuals a supervisor, and a driver.



    The role of the supervisor was to coordinator field data collection activities, including management of the field teams, supplies and equipment, Additionally, the field supervisor assigned the work to the interviewers, spot checked work, maintained field control documents, and sent completed questionnaires and progress reports to the central office.



    The supervisor was responsible for reviewing each questionnaire at the end of the day, checking for missed questions, skip errors, fields incorrectly completed, and checking for inconsistencies in the data. The supervisor also observed interviews and conducted review sessions with interviewers.



    The Central Quality Control team reviewed the questionnaires prior to data entry and if necessary sent documents back to the the field for correction



    Full details of the fieldwork process can be found in the Filedworker guidelines document http://www.agincourt.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/AGN-zFWGDL_Guideline.pdf