National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS)

Theme: People Date Added: 2018-11-19

Resource Type

DDataset

Data Assets

PDF DTA SAS SAV

What is it?

NIDS is a multi-year study started in 2008 to track and understand changes in poverty and well-being amongst a sample of individuals in households across the country.

Key Points

  • Track changes in livelihoods and poverty
  • 28,000 individuals in 7,300 households
  • Repeat study every 2 years with same households
  • Micro-data available through Datafirst

Why is it Important?

NIDS provides insights into changes in people's living circumstances over multiple years, across the country. This is critical for understanding how individuals and households exit poverty, what the impact of interventions is (such as social grants) and how people fall into and become trapped in poverty.

How can it be accessed and used?

A good starting point is to read through one or two of the publications on the NIDS website to get a sense of how the data is used or watch one of the animations on the Youtube channel.

Then you may want to explore some of the micro-data which is hosted by Datafirst zaf-saldru-nids-2014-2015-v1.1. The data is grouped into study waves which take place every 2 years. Respondents or participants in the study can be followed across waves using their unique identifier. The NIDS website provides detailed information on how to do this.

HHQuestionnaire_W4_Anon_V1.1 (Household questionnaire)

Location: South Africa
Format: DTA SAS SAV
Year: 2015Last Checked:12/7/2018
Online: Access URL
Column/
File Names:
  • w4_hhid: Household identifier
  • w4_hhq_inc: Household income
  • w4_dc2011: District municipality (2011 Census)

hhderived_W4_Anon_V1.1 (Derived household data)

Location: South Africa
Format: DTA SAS SAV
Year: 2015Last Checked:12/7/2018
Online: Access URL
Column/
File Names:
  • w4_hhid: Household identifier
  • w4_hhq_inc: Household income
  • w4_dc2011: District municipality (2011 Census)
  • spending
  • energy
  • income
  • employment
  • water
  • education
  • youth
  • migration
  • housing

Resource contact name:Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU)

Creation or start date:2018-11-19

Resource contact updated at:2018-12-14

Spatial coverage  South Africa http://www.geonames.org/953987/south-africa.html

Where else has the resource been used?

Year Project Name::
2018 Lack of proper nutrition a key obstacle to learning for SA kids
2018 Rural migrants better off in cities
2017 South Africa’s middle class is smaller than we think
Parent ORG:

Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME)
Serviced By: Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit (SALDRU)

About This Organisation

The Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) aims to facilitate effective planning, monitoring and evaluation of government programmes to improve service delivery and impact on society.