Life is not pap and vleis: Poverty in child-headed households ingauteng

dc.contributor.author	Blaauw D.	en
dc.contributor.author	Viljoen K.	en
dc.contributor.author	Schenck R.	en
dc.date.accessioned	2012-11-01T16:31:42Z
dc.date.available	2012-11-01T16:31:42Z
dc.date.issued	2011	en
dc.identifier.citation	Social Work	en
dc.identifier.citation	47	en
dc.identifier.citation	2	en
dc.identifier.issn	378054	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/7608
dc.description.abstract	Children are caring for an increasing proportion of orphans and abandoned children in several African countries. Children in child-headed households generally live under poor economic conditions. Given the dire need to alleviate child poverty, studying this phenomenon is of the utmost importance. The objective of this paper is to investigate the economic circumstances facing these children in Gauteng. The study assesses their monthly income and contributions from different sources to these child-headed households. These data are analysed in terms of poverty criteria to determine whether the children's monthly income conforms to the minimum income necessary for material survival.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.subject	child care; child welfare; household income; household structure; orphan; poverty determinant; quality of life; socioeconomic conditions; Gauteng; South Africa	en
dc.title	Life is not pap and vleis: Poverty in child-headed households ingauteng	en
dc.type	Article	en