SADA Data Deposit Schedule

Please complete this form in order to provide SADA with information about the substantive and technical characteristics of your data. Completing this form ensures that your data will be accurately and thoroughly described for others in the research community.

Part 1: Information about the investigator(s) and depositor

1. Names and institutional affiliations of the Principal Investigator(s) and co-investigator(s) at the time of the data collection effort.

Name(s) of Principal Investigators	Institutional affiliation at the time of data collection
1.
2.
3.
Name(s) of co-investigators	Institutional affiliation at the time of data collection
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

2. Please provide the contact details of the depositor

MS MISS MR MRS DR PROF ORG

Initials

Surname

Institutional affiliation
Physical address
Postal code
Postal address
Postal Code

	Code	Area Code	Number
Tel
Fax
Cell

E-mail address
Organization Web Site (if applicable)

Part 2: Study Description

3. Descriptive title

4. Time period covered

5. Geographic coverage of the data (e.g. national)

6. Name of institution(s) or organisation(s) responsible for data collection

7. Name(s) of the sponsoring funding agency(s)

8. Type of data collection (e.g. survey)

9. Unit of analysis (e.g. individual, group)

10. Number of observations/cases

11. Number of variables

12. Overall response rate

13. Were the data weighted?
Yes No

14. Time dimensions (e.g. panel, trend, cross sectional)

15. List the main objectives of this study.

16. Please specify original languages employed in the study for each of the following:

Questionaire:

Report:

17. Type of data collection (please tick which is applicable):

face-to-face interview
telephone interview
mail survey
internet survey
other

18. Did the instrument (questionnaire) consist of a

structured questionnaire only
open-ended questionnaire only
both structured and open-ended questionnaire

19. Sampling method

simple random sampling
systematic sampling
stratified random sampling
cluster sampling
multi-stage sampling
non-probability sampling (e.g. quota sampling)
no sampling (a census was conducted)

20. Please list the primary publications describing or resulting from the data collection

a.
b.
c.

21. Please list two unpublished papers or reports (if any) describing or resulting from the data collection

a.
b.

Part 3: Technical issues and specifications

22. How many distinctly different data files are included?	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
23. Are the data compressed or uncompressed?	Compressed Uncompressed
24. Can the data files deposited be merged?	Yes No
25. Are the data zipped or unzipped?	Zipped Unzipped
26. Are all the disks submitted to SADA clearly labelled?	Yes No
27. Do the external labels and filenames correspond?	Yes No
If no, please provide details
28. Have all the variable names been provided?	Yes No
29. Have all the value labels been provided?	Yes No
30. Transfer of data (tick the appropriate box):	Stiffy disk (3.5")
	CDROM
	FTP
31. Which of the following steps were performed during the processing stage for all the data files deposited at SADA?	Consistency checks
	Missing data
	Blanks
	Frequencies

32. Description of files: Please list and describe all files in the order they appear on your storage media (include both data and documentation fields).

File name	File structure	Number of cases	Number of variables	Record length	Number of records per case	Format (e.g. ASCII)

By submitting this form, you give assurance that:

• SADA has permission to archive and re-disseminate this data under its standard terms of use (only for the purposes of research, research training, teaching and policy decisions, and not for any profit-making).
• You have the authorization to make the data available through SADA.
• In preparing the data for archiving, all information (such as telephone numbers and names) directly identifying individual research subjects have been removed.
• The depositor shall notify SADA of a change of address.
• The information provided is to the best of your knowledge accurate.