National Research and Experimental Development Survey (R&D) 2021-22: All provinces in South Africa - Aggregated

<p> This data set contains data on the R&D expenditure by province, type of R&D, research fields, socioeconomic objectives, sources of funds and province. R&D personnel data is also included. The data is recorded for each of the following economic sectors of the South African economy: Business, Government, Higher Education, Not-for-Profit Organisations and Science Councils.</p><p> Response rate = 100 x [Responses / (Responses + Non-responses - Out-of-scopes)], where non-responses include refusals and out-of-scopes include closed down, non-R&D performer, return to sender, untraceable, etc.</p><ul> <li> Business sector response rate = 100 x [280/(280 + 187 - 32)] = 64.4%</li> <li> Not-for-profit sector response rate = 100 x [34/(34 + 20 - 4)] = 68.0%</li> <li> Government sector response rate = 100 x [42/(42 + 26 - 8)] = 70.0%</li> <li> Science Councils sector response rate = 100 x [11/(11 + 0 - 0)] = 100.0%</li> <li> Higher Education sector (Public) response rate = 100 x [20/(20 + 6 - 0)] = 76.9%</li> <li> Higher Education sector (Private) response rate = 100 x [5/(5+ 1 - 0)] =83.3%</li></ul><p> Overall survey response rate = 100 x [392/(392 + 240 - 44)] = 66.7%</p>