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- ItemOpen AccessOut-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province(2003) Booysen, FrederikThis paper investigates the characteristics and determinants of out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, using data from a panel designed to investigate the household impact of the epidemic. Departure models show that individual attributes, notably age and gender, play an important role in explaining out-migration from households that have not experienced morbidity or mortality. In affected households, a number of household-level variables, notably the gender of the household head, place of residence, family structure, the dependency ratio, human capital and household size, feature as important determinants of out-migration. Health shocks in the form of increased mortality, which characterises the impact of the epidemic, independently explain part of observed differences in out-migration from affected households, the out-migration of ill persons from affected households, and the out-migration of orphaned children from affected households. Thus, migration represents an important strategy for poorer households having to cope with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, both as an economic survival strategy and as a social strategy aimed at accessing support from the extended family.
- ItemOpen AccessThe role of social grants in mitigating the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS: evidence from the Free State Province(2003) Booysen, FrederikThis paper investigates the role of social grants in mitigating the socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS using data from a panel designed to investigate the household impact of the epidemic. The child support, disability and foster care grants play an important role in mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS, given that eligibility for these grants is driven largely by the increasing burden of chronic illness, the mounting orphan crisis and the impoverishment of households associated with the epidemic. Yet, take-up of these grants remains low and much scope remains to improve take-up rates. Social grants also play an important role in alleviating poverty in affected households, resulting in significant declines in the severity of poverty. Income received from social grants also saw expenditure on food increase in affected households, while oldage pensions saw household expenditure on education increase. Given that many orphaned and other children live in households headed by their grandparents, these transfers targeted at the elderly benefit children indirectly. This raises the question as to whether or not grants aimed at benefiting children should rather be administered via the education system in order to ensure that these transfers benefit children in a more direct way.
- ItemRestrictedThe role of social grants in mitigating the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS: evidence from the Free State Province.(2003) Booysen, FrederikThis paper investigates the role of social grants in mitigating the socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS using data from a panel designed to investigate the household impact of the epidemic. The child support, disability and foster care grants play an important role in mitigating the impact of HIV/AIDS, given that eligibility for these grants is driven largely by the increasing burden of chronic illness, the mounting orphan crisis and the impoverishment of households associated with the epidemic. Yet, take-up of these grants remains low and much scope remains to improve take-up rates. Social grants also play an important role in alleviating poverty in affected households, resulting in significant declines in the severity of poverty. Income received from social grants also saw expenditure on food increase in affected households, while oldage pensions saw household expenditure on education increase. Given that many orphaned and other children live in households headed by their grandparents, these transfers targeted at the elderly benefit children indirectly. This raises the question as to whether or not grants aimed at benefiting children should rather be administered via the education system in order to ensure that these transfers benefit children in a more direct way.