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Gendered trends in income poverty in post-apartheid South Africa 1997 - 2006

Dorrit Posel
Michael Rogan
2010

Abstract

This study investigates whether trends in the extent and depth of poverty in South Africa over the past decade have been gendered. We examine first, whether females are more likely to live in poor households than males, and whether this has changed over time; and second, how poverty has changed among female-headed and male-headed households. We use data provided by the 1997 and 1999 rounds of the October Household Survey and the 2004 and 2006 rounds of the General Household Survey. These surveys have the advantage of collecting information on the individual receipt of social grant income. We test whether our findings on gendered trends in poverty are robust to the possible underestimation of household income and to adjustments for household composition.

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Conference Paper

Ten Years of War Against Poverty Conference Papers

Conference: Ten Years of War Against Poverty

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