Out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province
| dc.contributor.author | Booysen, Frederik | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-12-11T12:30:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-12-11T12:30:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2015-12-11T12:29:33Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This 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. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | 2003. <i>Out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15783 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | . 2003. <i>Out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15783 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Booysen, F. L. R. (2003). Out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province. Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town. | |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - AU - Booysen, Frederik AB - This 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. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - CSSR Working Papers LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province TI - Out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15783 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15783 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | . 2003. <i>Out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province.</i> http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15783 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.source | CSSR Working Papers | |
| dc.subject.other | HIV/AIDS | |
| dc.subject.other | Economic Impact | |
| dc.subject.other | Out-migration | |
| dc.title | Out-migration in the context of the HIV/AIDS epidemic: evidence from the Free State province | |
| dc.type | Other | |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
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