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    • South Africa - Agincourt INDEPTH Core Dataset 1992-2010

    Africa-2013
    Reference ID INDEPTH.ZA011.1.v7
    Year 1992
    Country South Africa
    Producer(s) Professor Stephen Tollman - University of the Witwatersrand
    Professor Kathy Khan - University of the Witwatersrand
    Dr Mark Collinson - University of the Witwatersrand
    Professor Samuel Clar
    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 2013
    Metadata PDF Documentation in PDF
    Created on
    Jun 18, 2013
    Last modified
    Jul 22, 2015
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    Overview
    Identification
    Country
    South Africa
    Title
    Agincourt INDEPTH Core Dataset 1992-2010

    Study Type
    Demographic Surveillance
    Series Information
    Rounds 1 to 16 of the annual demographic surveillance rounds

    ID Number
    INDEPTH.ZA011.1.v7
    Version
    Version Description
    v6: Final dataset for review

    v7: Final dataset for launch

    Production Date
    2013-06-18
    Overview
    Abstract
    The Agincourt health and socio-demographic surveillance system (HDSS), located in rural northeast South Africa close to the Mozambique border, was established in 1992 to support district health systems development led by the post-apartheid ministry of health. The HDSS (90 000 people), based on an annual update of resident status and vital events, now supports multiple investigations into the causes and consequences of complex health, population and social transitions. Observational work includes cohortsfocusing on different stages along the life course, evaluation of national policy at population, household and individual levels and examination of household responses to shocks and stresses and the resulting pathways influencing health and well-being. Trials target children and adolescents, including promoting psycho-social well-being, preventing HIV transmission and reducing metabolic disease risk. Efforts to enhance the research platform include using automated measurement techniques to estimate cause of death by verbal autopsy, full ‘reconciliation’ of in- and outmigrations, follow-up of migrants departing the study area, recording of extra-household social connections and linkage of individual HDSS records with those from sub-district clinics. Fostering effective collaborations (including INDEPTH multi-centre work in adult health and ageing and migration and urbanization), ensuring crosssite compatibility of common variables and optimizing public access to HDSS data are priorities.

    Kind of Data
    Event history data

    Units of Analysis
    Individual

    Scope
    Notes
    Individual : Residence episodes and Residence Initiating and Terminating Events

    Topics
    TopicVocabularyURI
    Demography [N01.224] World Bank
    Population [N01.600] World Bank
    Keywords
    Fertility, Mortality, Migration, ADSS, AHDSS, Migrants, SES, Asset, HIV, Causes of Death, dataset, Surveillance, Demographic, Health, death, survey, wits, Agincourt, MRC
    Coverage
    Geographic Coverage
    Demographic Surveillance Survey

    Universe
    Currently resident household members including temporary migrants approximately 90,000 indivudals in approximately 16 000 households

    Producers and Sponsors
    Primary Investigator(s)
    NameAffiliation
    Professor Stephen Tollman University of the Witwatersrand
    Professor Kathy Khan University of the Witwatersrand
    Dr Mark Collinson University of the Witwatersrand
    Professor Samuel Clark University of the Witwatersrand
    Other Producer(s)
    NameAffiliationRole
    Xavier Gomez-Olive University of the WitwatersrandResearch Manager
    Paul Mee University of the WitwatersrandData Manager
    Sulaimon Afolabi University of the WitwatersrandData Manager
    Cho Kabudula University of the WitwatersrandData Manager
    Pleasure Ngobeni University of the WitwatersrandData Manager
    Bernard Silaule University of the WitwatersrandField Project Manager
    Ryan Wagner University of the WitwatersrandCensus Project Manager
    Rirhandzu Mnisi University of the WitwatersrandData Entry Team leader
    Funding
    NameAbbreviationRole
    Wellcome Trust
    The National Institute of Ageing NIH
    Andrew W Mellon Foundation
    The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
    South African Medical Research Council
    Other Acknowledgements
    NameAffiliationRole
    Paul Mee Agincourt HDSSData Manager
    Sulaimon Afolabi Agincourt HDSSData Manager
    Chodziwadziwa Kabudula Agincourt HDSSData Manager
    Pleasure Ngobeni Agincourt HDSSData Manager
    Metadata Production
    Metadata Produced By
    NameAbbreviationAffiliationRole
    Agincourt HDSS Data SectionZA011Agincourt HDSS Centre, University of the WitwatersrandDocumentation of the Study
    Date of Metadata Production
    2015-07-21
    DDI Document Version
    Version 6 (April 2013)

    Version 7 (June 2013)

    Version 12 (July 2013)

    Version 13 (July 2015)

    DDI Document ID
    DDI.INDEPTH.ZA011.1.v13