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Title:Poverty among Blacks in the Vaal Triangle: Measured in Terms of Income Indicators
Authors:Slabbert, Tielman J.C.
Van Wyk, J.D.
Levin, M.ISNI
Year:1996
Periodical:Africa Insight
Volume:26
Issue:2
Pages:146-155
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:Blacks
poverty
household income
Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups)
Economics and Trade
Labor and Employment
Abstract:Poverty in South Africa has a strong racial dimension. Nearly 95 percent of South Africa's poor are black. This article deals with poverty among blacks in the Vaal Triangle (VT), an area of integrated economic cohesion and interdependence situated partly in Gauteng, partly in the Free State. Research for the article was done with the aid of questionnaires in October 1991 and March 1994. A total of 303 and 309 questionnaires were completed. Although poverty is usually described in terms of income and nonincome indicators, this article focuses only on income indicators. The methods of analysis used are: comparing a household's income with a poverty line income, the Household Subsistence Level (HSL); calculating dependency ratios; calculating a head-count index; calculating the poverty gap index; analysis of the income distribution below the poverty line; and application of the concept of dominance. The conclusion is that poverty in black households of the VT increased substantially in the 28-month period between the first and the second survey. The percentage of households receiving incomes less than their respective HSL incomes increased from 30.1 to 42.2 percent. Bibliogr., ref.
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