South Africa - Africa Health Research Institute INDEPTH Core Dataset 2000-2017 (Residents only) - Release 2019

Reference ID

INDEPTH.ZA031.CMD2017.v1

Year

2000 - 2017

Country

South Africa

Producer(s)

Kobus Herbst - Africa Health Research Institute (ZA031)
Frank Tanser - Africa Health Research Institute (ZA031)
Deenan Pillay - Africa Health Research Institute (ZA031)

Sponsor(s)

DST-MRC South African Population Infrastructure Network - SAPRIN - Current Funder
Wellcome Trust - WT - Current Funder
Wellcome Trust - WT - Prior Funder

Collection(s)

Africa Region – Release 2019

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

Created on

Jul 01, 2019

Last modified

Jul 01, 2019

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Data Collection

Data Collection Dates

Start	End	Cycle
2000-01-01	2017-12-31	Release coverage

Time Periods

Start	End	Cycle
2000-02-01		Round 1
2000-08-01		Round 2
2001-02-01		Round 3
2001-06-25		Round 4
2002-01-07		Round 5
2002-05-06		Round 6
2002-09-02		Round 7
2003-01-10		Round 8
2003-06-26		Round 9
2003-12-01		Round 10
2004-07-01		Round 11
2005-01-02		Round 12
2005-07-01		Round 13
2006-01-02		Round 14
2006-07-18		Round 15
2007-01-06		Round 16
2007-07-02		Round 17
2008-01-14		Round 18
2008-07-01		Round 19
2009-01-01		Round 20
2009-07-13		Round 21
2010-01-03		Round 22
2010-06-16		Round 23
2011-01-02		Round 24
2011-07-02		Round 25
2012-01-12		Round 26
2012-05-25		Round 27
2012-09-03		Round 28
2013-01-02		Round 29
2013-08-20		Round 31
2014-01-04		Round 32
2014-05-01		Round 33
2014-08-21		Round 34
2015-01-02		Round 35
2015-05-02		Round 36
2015-08-22		Round 37
2016-01-04		Round 38
2016-03-30		Round 39
2016-07-19		Round 40

Data Collection Mode

Proxy Respondent [proxy]

Data Collection Notes

Enumerators were trained immediately prior to the baseline data collection and then refresher training was conducted for one week between each surveillance round. New fieldworkers received a standardised 6 week training course prior to appointment as data collectors. Data entry staff received fieldwork training in addition to training in the use of the data entry programs.

Questionnaires

List of questionnaires

Bounded structure registration (BSR) or update (BSU) form

• used to register characteristics of the BS

• Updates characteristics of the BS

• Information as at previous round is preprinted

Household registration (HHR) or update (HHU) form

• used to register characteristics of the HH

• Used to update information about the composition of the household

• Information preprinted of composition and all registered households as at previous.

Household Membership Registration (HMR) or update (HMU)

• used to link individuals to households.

• Used to update information about the household memberships and member status observations

• Information preprinted of member status observations as at previous.

Individual registration form (IDR)

• Used to uniquely identify each individual

• Mainly to ensure members with multiple household memberships are appropriately

captured

Migration notification form (MGN)

• Used to record change in the BS of residency of individuals or households

• Migrants are tracked and updated in the database

Pregnancy history form (PGH) & pregnancy outcome notification form (PON)

• Records details of pregnancies and their outcomes

• Only if woman is a new member

• Only if woman has never completed WHL or WGH

Death notification form (DTN)

• Records all deaths that have recently occurred

• includes information about time, place, circumstances and possible cause of death

Data Collectors

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation
The Africa Health Research Institute	ZA031	UKZN

Supervision

Fieldworkers operated in teams of between 8 and 12 fieldworkers supervised each supervised by a Fieldwork supervisor. Supervisors conduct supervised visits and quality control visits and review fieldworkers data collection.