Survey methodology in violence-prone Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Couth Africa

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dc.contributor.authorNleya, Ndodana
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Lisa
dc.date.accessioned2023-02-06T10:49:04Z
dc.date.available2023-02-06T10:49:04Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractThis article discusses the methodological challenges of a service delivery survey in Khayelitsha, atownship in Cape Town, South Africa. The survey aimed to gain a better understanding of the relationshipbetween citizen participation and the environmental challenges facing residents in this urban area.Khayelitsha is a township prone to violence. Encountering violence during fieldwork can alter the wayresearchers execute research, yet this often remains unacknowledged in ‘objective social science’, especiallyin probability sampling. The article examines the effects of the risk felt by researchers on the researchmethod employed in quantitative surveys. It shows that deliberating on this aspect of the research process isboth necessary and useful, especially in terms of recognising the need to factor fear or uncertainty into theways in which research processes unfold.en_US
dc.identifier.citationNleya, N., & Thompson, .(2009). Survey methodology in violence-prone Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Couth Africa, IDS Bulletin, 40(3), 50-57. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2009.00038.xen_US
dc.identifier.issn1759-5436
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1759-5436.2009.00038.x
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8359
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden_US
dc.subjectViolenceen_US
dc.subjectCrimeen_US
dc.subjectSocial scienceen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.titleSurvey methodology in violence-prone Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Couth Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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