Welfare measures and the composition of the bottom decile: the example of gender and extreme poverty in South Africa

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dc.date.accessioned 2018-12-04 en
dc.date.accessioned 2022-10-25T13:05:58Z
dc.date.available 2022-10-25T13:05:58Z
dc.date.issued 2018-12-11 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13151
dc.description.abstract We examine the composition of the bottom decile in South Africa using three alternative measures of socio-economic status (SES): an asset index, household income per capita and household expenditure per capita. We show that the gender composition of the bottom decile is sensitive to the measure used. We discuss possible reasons for these discrepancies, highlighting gender differences in asset ownership and location. This has implications for the use of asset indices for identifying the poorest members of society. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.publisher Routledge en
dc.subject POVERTY MEASUREMENT en
dc.subject INCOME en
dc.subject GENDER en
dc.title Welfare measures and the composition of the bottom decile: the example of gender and extreme poverty in South Africa en
dc.type Journal Article en
dc.ProjectNumber SQABAA en
dc.Volume 36(4) en
dc.BudgetYear 2018/19 en
dc.ResearchGroup Human and Social Development en
dc.SourceTitle Development Southern Africa en
dc.ArchiveNumber 10641 en
dc.PageNumber 491-503 en
dc.outputnumber 9636 en
dc.bibliographictitle Rich, K., Desmond, C. & Makusha, T. (2019) Welfare measures and the composition of the bottom decile: the example of gender and extreme poverty in South Africa. Development Southern Africa. 36(4):491-503. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/13151 en
dc.publicationyear 2019 en
dc.contributor.author1 Rich, K. en
dc.contributor.author2 Desmond, C. en
dc.contributor.author3 Makusha, T. en


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