Attitudes towards gender-based violence in the GCR
The GCRO 2011 Quality of Life survey explored attitudes towards spousal/partner abuse through questions about circumstances that may provoke gender-based violence in the Gauteng City-Region. This vignette unpacks some of these attitudes.
Date of publication:
December 2012
Fuel use behavior for households with electricity supply
This vignette uses a slice of data from the GCRO 2011 Quality of Life Survey to show household electrical supply options. Fuel use behaviour for cooking and lighting among household respondents connected to the grid, is categorised by household monthly income.
Date of publication:
October 2012
Quality of Life Survey II
On 23 July 2012 GCRO launched its second 'Quality of Life' survey. The findings across 56 different indicators showed a slight increase in the average score out of ten and that delivery alone may not resolve some of the more intangible challenges facing the province.
Date of publication:
July 2012
Geographic distribution of SARChI chairs
The Department of Science and Technology awards professorial chairs to candidates at public universities through its NRF-SARChI programme. This vignette questions what other possible criteria could be used for the awarding of research chairs.
Date of publication:
July 2012
Gauteng green assets and infrastructure
GCRO's research will attempt to value the economic contribution of green infrastructure and the cost savings and benefits of investing in natural infrastructure as opposed to traditional engineered systems.
Date of publication:
June 2012
