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Social History of Alcohol in East Africa, 1850-1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main aims of this project were:
To re-examine the historical patterns of change in the making and drinking of alcohol in East Africa, and to use this history of change as a tool for studying wider debates concerning control of resources within the household, and for exploring ideas of what constitutes...
Respondent-Driven Sampling and Total Population Data from a Rural Ugandan Cohort, 2010: Special Licence Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is a mixed-methods data collection. This study used Respondent Driven Sampling (RDS) methodology, which is a sampling method designed to generate unbiased estimates of population characteristics for populations where a sampling frame is not available. It is a form of snowball or link-tracing...
Resisting Subjugation: Law and Power amongst the Santal of India and Bangladesh, 2002-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is an enhanced qualitative study.
The study uses mixed methods and focuses on the Santal adivasi (tribal people) in Jharkhand, India and Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Anthropological and sociological data collection methods were used to collect material in four villages, three courts of law and from...
Survey of Students in Ghanaian Secondary Schools
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To describe the male students in Accra secondary schools as an aid to the practising teacher and as the basis of dialogue between the teacher and the academic sociologist.Main Topics:Attitudinal/Behavioural Questions
Male fifth-formers from schools representing four strata - elite, high, low and private -...
Kenya Educational and Social Survey, 1969
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect information about the aspirations, social background and examination performance of Kenyan secondary school pupils. Intended as the first stage of a panel survey, periodic follow-up studies were planned to monitor their subsequent employment status and rate of...
Uterine Sibling Groups in Ghana, 1972
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect data on uterine sibling groups (i.e. children born to a mother) in selected communities in Ghana in order (1) to investigate interactions of variables and provide demographic information; and (2) to test hypotheses about sex preferences in a comparative study of...
Foreign Ethnographic Collections in Scotland, 18th-20th Century
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of the study was to examine foreign ethnographic material in Scotland, and record it and its environmental conditions. The main disciplines covered include ethnography, social anthropology, fine arts and decorative arts.Main Topics:Location, description, acquisition and provenance of...
Attitudes on International Affairs among African Students in Britain, February 1963
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.To determine the attitudes of students from Africa south of the Sahara (excluding the Republic of South Africa) towards international affairs.
Survey of caste, occupation and education in five localities in India 2014-2015
We deposit here the results of a household-based survey that was used to understand the situation of Dalits and Adivasis in five rural localities in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh, India. It was part of a wider project based on participation observation - living with the Adivasi and Dalit communities in question for a year -that asked how and...