Measuring child poverty in South Africa
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Streak, D.Yu, S.Van der Berg
KEYWORDS: CHILDREN, POVERTY
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 5597
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5097
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5097
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2008
TITLE AUTHOR(S): J.Streak, D.Yu, S.Van der Berg
KEYWORDS: CHILDREN, POVERTY
Intranet: HSRC Library: shelf number 5597
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/5097
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/5097
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Abstract
Understanding the extent and characteristics of child poverty in South Africa and how these have been changing over time is vital for addressing it. This article reports some of the findings of an analysis of the Income and Expenditure Survey 2005/06 undertaken by the authors to provide more recent and comprehensive child poverty profile.-
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