Show simple item record

dc.contributor.authorSekhampu, Tshediso Joseph
dc.date.accessioned2014-10-22T07:02:52Z
dc.date.available2014-10-22T07:02:52Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationSekhampu, T.J. 2013. Determinants of poverty in a South African Township. Journal of social sciences, 34(2):145-153. [http://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JSS/JSS-00-0-000-000-1997-Web/JSS-00-0-000-000-1997-1-Cover.htm]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0971-8923
dc.identifier.issn1549-3652
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/11948
dc.description.abstractStrategies aimed at reducing poverty need to identify factors that are strongly associated with poverty and that could be influenced by policy changes. The study reported here used household level data to analyze determinants of household poverty in a South Africa Township of Bophelong. A Logistic regression was estimated based on this data with the economic status (that is poor and non-poor) as the dependent variable and a set of demographic variables as the explanatory variables. The results show that household size, age and the employment status of the household head significantly explain the variations in the likelihood of being poor. The age and employment status of the household head reduces the probability of being poor, whereas household size is associated with an increased probability of being poor. The strongest predictor of poverty status is the employment status of the household head.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.krepublishers.com/02-Journals/JSS/JSS-34-0-000-13-Web/JSS-34-2-000-13-Abst-PDF/JSS-34-2-145-13-1393-Sekhampu-T-J/JSS-34-2-145-13-1393-Sekhampu-T-J-Tx%5B6%5D.pmd.pdf
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKamla-Raj Enterprises / Science Publicationsen_US
dc.subjectHouseholden_US
dc.subjectLogistic regressionen_US
dc.subjectSocio-economicen_US
dc.subjectBophelongen_US
dc.titleDeterminants of poverty in a South African Townshipen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.contributor.researchID13172611 - Sekhampu, Tshediso Joseph


Files in this item

FilesSizeFormatView

There are no files associated with this item.

This item appears in the following Collection(s)

Show simple item record