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Analytic dataset for violence and conduct in the Siyakhula Cohort, 2012-2014

South Africa, 2001 - 2014
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Reference ID
AHRI.sb-violence-01
Producer(s)
Rochat, Tamsen, Bland, Ruth, Houle, Brian, Xanthe Hunt
Metadata
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May 07, 2025
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May 07, 2025
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Access policy
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number
    AHRI.sb-violence-01
    Title
    Analytic dataset for violence and conduct in the Siyakhula Cohort, 2012-2014
    Country
    Name Country code
    South Africa ZA
    Abstract
    The Siyakhula cohort study and Vertical Transmission Study provide measures of birth weight and perinatal factors and measures of cognition and education outcomes for children aged 10-11 years in 2012-2014 in rural South Africa. The full cohort profile can be found here: Rochat, T. J., Houle, B., Stein, A., Pearson, R. M., Newell, M. L., & Bland, R. M. (2017). Cohort profile: the Siyakhula cohort, rural South Africa. International journal of epidemiology, 46(6), 1755-1756n. The present analytic dataset was produced for the purposes of a specific publication, focussed on violence.
    Kind of Data
    Survey Data
    Unit of Analysis
    Individual

    Version

    Version Description
    V2.0.0

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary URI
    Child education, Maternal mental health,HIV,Food security,Parental discipline strategies,Child behaviour Africa Health Research Institute
    Keywords
    Conduct disorder, violence, child behaviour, maternal mental healthConduct disorder, violence, child behaviour, maternal mental health

    Coverage

    Geographic Coverage
    AHRI's AHRI's Population Intervention Programme Study Area (PIPSA) situated in uMkhanyakude district KwaZulu-Natal province which is approximately 200km north of Durban. The area is approximately 845km2 in size.
    Universe
    The cohort is comprised of children in the PIPSA who were aged 10-11 years in 2012-2014.

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Rochat, Tamsen University of the Witwatersrand, Manchester Metropolitan University
    Bland, Ruth University of Glasgow
    Houle, Brian The Australian National University
    Xanthe Hunt AHRI
    Producers
    Name
    Africa Health Research Institute
    Funding Agency/Sponsor
    Name Abbreviation Role
    Grand Challenges Canada GCC Sponsor and Funder
    Wellcome Trust WT Sponsor and Funder

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure
    Nonrandomised, prospective, intervention cohort study with re-enrollment of HIV-negative children

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    2001-01-01 2006-12-04
    2012-01-01 2014-12-04

    Access policy

    Access conditions
    Access to the data requires accurate completion of the online data access application form accessible on the AHRI Data repository(<https://data.ahri.org/>). Data users are required to abide by the data use conditions stipulated on the application for access to the data. Failure to do so may result in their data access privileges revolved by the Data Custodian. In order to recognise the effort and intellectual contributions of AHRI investigators in producing and curating the data, users of AHRI data must acknowledge the source of the data and abide by the terms and conditions under which the data is accessed. All analytical datasets published on the AHRI Data Repository are assigned digital object identifier (DOIs) and the DOIs can be found on the Data Repository under Study Description tab - Access policy. AHRI data users are required to always cite the dataset using the DOI.

    Additional checks are in place for this datast, due to the sensitive nature of some of the outcomes. All applications to use the data will be routed to a member of the custodian team, who will evaluate applications.
    Citation requirements
    Rochat, T., Bland, R., Houle, B., & Xanthe, H. (2025). Analytic dataset for violence and conduct in the Siyakhula Cohort, 2012-2014 [Data set]. Africa Health Research Institute. DOI:https://doi.org/10.23664/AHRI.SB-VIOLENCE-01

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID
    DDI.AHRI.sb-violence-01
    Producers
    Name Abbreviation
    Africa Health Research Institute AHRI
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