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dc.contributor.authorSekhampu, T.J.
dc.date.accessioned2014-09-29T06:52:47Z
dc.date.available2014-09-29T06:52:47Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.identifier.citationSekhampu, T.J. 2012. Poverty in a South African township:  the case of Kwakwatsi. African journal of business management, 6(33):9504-9509. [http://www.academicjournals.org/journal/AJBM]en_US
dc.identifier.issn1993-8233
dc.identifier.issn2079-410X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/11501
dc.description.abstractSouth Africa’s world revered democratic transition lies more than a decade in the past, a period long enough to evaluate past achievements and challenges. The study reported here provides a snapshot like view of poverty in a South African township. The results are based on a household survey using questionnaires. Two poverty lines (lower and upper bound) developed by Statistics South Africa were used to measure poverty in the area; R322 per capita per month as the "lower-bound" poverty line and R593 per person per month as the "upper-bound" poverty line. Of the sampled households, 50% where found to be poor using the lower bound poverty line, and 77% when using the upper bound poverty line. On average, poor households have an income shortage of 56% of their poverty line when using the lower bound poverty line. From a policy perspective, developing an economy involves efforts that seek to improve the economic wellbeing and quality of life of all its inhabitants. A considerable number of people in the area fail to have a decent standard of living. Information provided through the study is at the household level and aims at highlighting poverty trends among urban residents in South Africa.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.5897/AJBM12.619
dc.description.urihttp://www.academicjournals.org/article/article1380727838_Sekhampu.pdf
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAcademic Journals [© 2010 Academic Journals]en_US
dc.subjectPovertyen_US
dc.subjectHouseholden_US
dc.subjectTownshipen_US
dc.subjectSouth Africaen_US
dc.titlePoverty in a South African township:  the case of Kwakwatsien_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID13172611 - Sekhampu, Tshediso Joseph


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