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Research outputs: SOCIAL GRANTS
2012 Social grants for people with HIV and on antiretroviral therapy in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: a longitudinal study
The aim of this study was to assess the predictors of the receipt of a disability grant (DG) status and the impact of the DG on health outco...
2010 Social assistance and dependency in South Africa: an analysis of attitudes to paid work and social grants
Despite the absence of an unemployment grant in South Africa, there is growing concern that other social assistance provision might neverthe...
2007 No evidence of a dependency culture in South Africa
The roots of this debate go back many centuries to notions of the 'undeserving poor' entrenched in pre-welfare state Britain. However, the m...
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