National Coronavirus Antibody Survey (NCAS) 2020-21

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Topics covered in the questionnaire are: household members and their characteristics, household income, availability of services, demographic information, medical history, health risk behaviours, symptom history, access to COVID-19 prevention measures, self-perceived risk, and travel habits or physical distancing. A total of 10 109 VPs were approached to participate in the survey, of the 10 109 VPs approached, 5 580 agreed to participate, giving a household response rate of 55%. Of all the VPs approached, 43.1% refused to take part in the survey, and 1.6% of the valid VPs were unoccupied or empty. A total of 16 646 individuals were eligible to participate in the study, of whom 90.87% agreed to be interviewed. Of those who were eligible, 81.9% completed the interview and provided blood specimens. The data set available for dissemination contains 15 127 cases and 156 variables.

Identifier
DOI https://doi.org/10.14749/27291237
Metadata Access https://api.datacite.org/dois/10.14749/27291237
Provenance
Creator Human Sciences Research Council
Publisher HSRC
Contributor Human Sciences Research Council
Publication Year 2023
Funding Reference Human Sciences Research Council
Rights Human Sciences Research Council
OpenAccess true
Representation
Language English
Resource Type Dataset
Version 1
Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage Nine provinces in South Africa: western Cape, Eastern Cape, Northern Cape, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, North West, Gauteng, Mpumalanga, Limpopo.