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.date2014-06-10T10:07:23Z
dc.date2014-06-10T10:07:23Z
dc.date2014
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-28T10:06:39Z
dc.date.available2015-05-28T10:06:39Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-28
dc.descriptionWe use longitudinal data from the National Income Dynamics Study to document the extent of recent short-term residential and household compositional change in South Africa. We analyse 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 two-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.identifierGrieger, L., Williamson, A., Leibbrandt, M. & Levinsohn, J. (2014). Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study, Development Southern Africa, 31(1): 146-167.
dc.identifierhttp://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/.U0v-GfmSz4Y#.U5bYNvmSz9U
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/718
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article DA - 2015-05-28 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - NIDS KW - Longitudinal data analysis KW - Panel data analysis KW - Household composition KW - South Africa KW - Labour market transitions KW - Moving household LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study TI - Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11090/718 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11090/718
dc.languageen
dc.publisherDevelopment Southern Africa
dc.publisher.departmentSALDRUen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Commerceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subjectNIDS
dc.subjectLongitudinal data analysis
dc.subjectPanel data analysis
dc.subjectHousehold composition
dc.subjectSouth Africa
dc.subjectLabour market transitions
dc.subjectMoving household
dc.titleEvidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study
dc.typeJournal Article
uct.type.publicationResearchen_ZA
uct.type.resourceArticleen_ZA
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