ARCHIVING AFRICAN CENSUS AND SURVEY MICRODATA Lynn Woolfrey DataFirst, University of Cape Town IPUMS Workshop on integrating Global Census Microdata: Durban, South Africa, August, 2009
DATAFIRST A survey research facility Holds survey and census data from South Africa and other African countries Assists researchers in the analysis of census and survey microdata Supports the sharing of census and survey data for research purposes
PART OF A SURVEY DATA ARCHIVE NETWORK
DATAFIRST ONE OF TWO SURVEY DATA ARCHIVES IN AFRICA
To maximise the value of public investment In data collection – census and survey microdata should be: Publicly available High quality Accurate Easy to access Easy to use CENSUS AND SURVEY MICRODATA
Survey Data Archives can assist in making data accessible, training researchers to use the data, and monitoring the quality of data produced by National Statistics Offices and other data producers ASSISTING DATA USAGE
SHARING SURVEY DATA THROUGH DATA ARCHIVES DATA SHARING Advances Research Informs Policymaking Survey Data Archives utilise best practices in archiving and disseminating social survey data to ensure economic and accurate usage of this data for the above purposes
THE DATA CURATION PROCESS AT DATAFIRST (Based on Vardigan & Whiteman, 2007:75-78) Original Dataset Descriptive Information Structural and Semantic Descriptive Information Structural and Semantic Archived Dataset Disseminated Dataset Dissemination Accession Data Management Archival Storage Data Consumers Data Producers
Data Creators Statistics SA HSRC Data Creators Statistics SA HSRC Data Re-Users Academics Policymakers Data Re-Users Academics Policymakers Data Curators DataFirst SADA Data Curators DataFirst SADA INTERMEDIARY ROLE TO ASSIST DATA USAGE
Annual survey analysis course in January - run in collaboration with the University of Michigan Ongoing training at DataFirst with the assistance of student interns Online training – the DataFirst webcourse TRAINING AT DATAFIRST
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