Go to AfricaBib home

Go to AfricaBib home Africana Periodical Literature Go to database home

bibliographic database
Line
Previous page New search

The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here

Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Family structure, race, gender and poverty: the case of food deprivation in South Africa
Authors:Amoateng, Acheampong YawISNI
Setlalentoa, Boitumelo Marilyn Patience
Year:2015
Periodical:African Sociological Review (ISSN 1027-4332)
Volume:19
Issue:1
Pages:43-62
Language:English
Geographic term:South Africa
Subjects:food shortage
poverty
social environment
households
External link:https://www.ajol.info/index.php/asr/article/view/128532/118080
Abstract:This study examines the relationship between race, family structure and gender on one hand, and food deprivation as a measure of poverty on the other hand. It focuses on South Africa. Main effects were found for race, residence, presence of children and adults, while interaction effect was found for race and family structure. Whites, and to a large extent Indians/Asians, were less likely to experience food deprivation, while black Africans and coloureds were most likely to experience food deprivation. Couple-headed households were the least likely to experience food deprivation, compared to households headed by either male or female. Finally, the presence of children and elderly family members in a household was negatively associated with food deprivation, a finding which supports the view that most poor families in the country depend on social grants to children and the elderly for survival. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]
Views
Cover