PLAAS: The South African Index of Multiple Deprivation at Datazone Level and Recent Developments

The Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS) is hosting a seminar on the South Africa Index of Multiple Deprivation at Datazone Level on 8 October 2009 in Cape Town.

Abstract:

CASASP has just completed a fine-grained profile of multiple deprivation in South Africa - the South African Index of Multiple Deprivation (SAIMD) - for the National Department of Social Development. The SAIMD has been produced at 'datazone' level, which is a sub-ward-level statistical geography that was especially designed as part of the project.

We will present the way in which the SAIMD and the datazones were constructed, how the SAIMD can be used by researchers and policy makers, and how the SAIMD is being developed further using the 2007 Community Survey.

For more information or to attend, please contact Genevieve Daries on tel: 021 959 3733 or gdaries@uwc.ac.za.

For more about PLAAS, click here.