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Indicators of Economic Status and Social Capital in South African Townships

dc.contributor.authorBarbarin, Oscar A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorKhomo, Ngokoanaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-04-13T18:56:24Z
dc.date.available2010-04-13T18:56:24Z
dc.date.issued1997en_US
dc.identifier.citationBARBARIN, OSCAR; KHOMO, NGOKOANA (1997). "Indicators of Economic Status and Social Capital in South African Townships." Childhood 2(4): 193-222. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66883>en_US
dc.identifier.issn0907-5682en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/66883
dc.description.abstractThis article proposes a set of non-monetary indicators of material and social resources characterizing the childrearing environments of families in South African black urban townships. The selected indicators include adequacy of food, quality of housing, financial assets, consumer goods and social resources. The study reported in the article was carried out between 1990 and 1996. Through factor analyses two dimensions of social and economic status (SES) - consumption and social/financial capital - were identified. High, moderate and low SES groups were formed based on the families' combined score on the two factors. SES was significantly predictive of a family's ability to meet basic needs and in its experience of material hardship. The results of the study are reported.en_US
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dc.publisherSAGE Publicationsen_US
dc.subject.otherMeasurementen_US
dc.subject.otherPovertyen_US
dc.subject.otherSESen_US
dc.subject.otherSouthen_US
dc.subject.otherAfrican Familiesen_US
dc.titleIndicators of Economic Status and Social Capital in South African Townshipsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelAnthropology and Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSocial Worken_US
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciencesen_US
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Revieweden_US
dc.contributor.affiliationumSouth Africa Initiative Office University of Michiganen_US
dc.contributor.affiliationotherSoweto Primary Health Care Clinics, Greater Johannesburg Council, Department of Health and Welfareen_US
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/66883/2/10.1177_0907568297004002005.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0907568297004002005en_US
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