Moving out and moving in: Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study

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dc.creatorGrieger, Lloyd
dc.creatorWilliamson, April
dc.creatorLeibbrandt, Murray
dc.creatorLevinsohn, James
dc.date2013-08-22T14:48:59Z
dc.date2013-08-22T14:48:59Z
dc.date2013-08
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:22Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:22Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWe use longitudinal data from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) to document the extent of recent short-term residential and household compositional change in South Africa. We analyze the demographic correlates of these transitions, including population group, age, urban/rural status, and income. We examine educational and labour market transitions among movers and the prevalence of the four major types of compositional change – births, addition of joiners, deaths, and loss of leavers. We find that short-term household change is prevalent in South Africa. During a 2-year period from 2008 to 2010, 10.5% of South Africans moved residence and 61.3% experienced change in household composition. We find that moving is more common among blacks and whites, very young children, young adults, urban individuals, and those with higher incomes. Among non-movers, compositional change is more likely for blacks and coloureds, young adults and children, females, urban individuals, and individuals with lower incomes.
dc.descriptionMurray Leibbrandt acknowledges the Research Chairs Initiative of the Department of Science and Technology and National Research Foundation for funding his work as the Research Chair in Poverty and Inequality. April Williamson acknowledges the Yale Global Health Initiative and the Lindsay Fellowship for Research in Africa for funding her work at the Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit.
dc.identifier978-1-920517-47-2
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/622
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Household change KW - Residential dynamics KW - Moving KW - NIDS LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Moving out and moving in: Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study TI - Moving out and moving in: Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/622 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/622
dc.languageen
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.relationWorking Paper;106
dc.subjectHousehold change
dc.subjectResidential dynamics
dc.subjectMoving
dc.subjectNIDS
dc.titleMoving out and moving in: Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study
dc.typeWorking Paper
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uct.type.resourceWorking Paperen_ZA
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