Social protection grants play a critical role in survival and livelihoods of elderly individuals in South Africa. Rarely is it possible to assess how well a social program reaches its target population. Using a 2010 survey and Agincourt Health Demographic Surveillance System census data we conduct multivariate logistic regression to predict pension receipt in rural South Africa. We find only 80% of age-eligible individuals report pension receipt. Pension non-recipients tend to be male, have poor socio-economic status, live in smaller households, be of Mozambican origin, and have poorer physical function; while older persons living in households receiving other grants are more likely to report pension receipt. We conclude that a reservoir of...
Aims—To quantify the impact of the South African old age (social) pension on outcomes for pensioners...
Paper presented at Aging Explosion: Opportunities and Challenges, Bali, Indonesia, 11-12 OctoberChan...
This paper draws on two linked studies of social policy and wellbeing in later life. The studies mak...
Social protection grants play a critical role in survival and livelihoods of elderly individuals in ...
Social protection grants play a critical role in survival and livelihoods of elderly individuals in ...
Abstract: Social protection grants play a critical role in survival and livelihoods of elderly indiv...
Social protection schemes have been expanding around the world with the objective of protecting olde...
South Africa and Namibia are the only African countries to have a universal, non-contributory old-ag...
It is important to know whether a social grant such as the old age pension eases financial constrain...
We examine the social pension in South Africa, where large cash sums-about twice the median per capi...
In the early 1990s, the South African Old Age Pension was expanded to cover most black South African...
A lack of empirical data on the pattern of expenditure of social pension income by black South Afric...
An Apartheid-driven spatial mismatch between workers and jobs leads to high job search costs for peo...
Paper presented at the International Federation on Ageing, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 May - 2 JuneThe e...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Old age pension serves as a poverty alleviation ...
Aims—To quantify the impact of the South African old age (social) pension on outcomes for pensioners...
Paper presented at Aging Explosion: Opportunities and Challenges, Bali, Indonesia, 11-12 OctoberChan...
This paper draws on two linked studies of social policy and wellbeing in later life. The studies mak...
Social protection grants play a critical role in survival and livelihoods of elderly individuals in ...
Social protection grants play a critical role in survival and livelihoods of elderly individuals in ...
Abstract: Social protection grants play a critical role in survival and livelihoods of elderly indiv...
Social protection schemes have been expanding around the world with the objective of protecting olde...
South Africa and Namibia are the only African countries to have a universal, non-contributory old-ag...
It is important to know whether a social grant such as the old age pension eases financial constrain...
We examine the social pension in South Africa, where large cash sums-about twice the median per capi...
In the early 1990s, the South African Old Age Pension was expanded to cover most black South African...
A lack of empirical data on the pattern of expenditure of social pension income by black South Afric...
An Apartheid-driven spatial mismatch between workers and jobs leads to high job search costs for peo...
Paper presented at the International Federation on Ageing, Copenhagen, Denmark, 30 May - 2 JuneThe e...
Masters Degree. University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban.Old age pension serves as a poverty alleviation ...
Aims—To quantify the impact of the South African old age (social) pension on outcomes for pensioners...
Paper presented at Aging Explosion: Opportunities and Challenges, Bali, Indonesia, 11-12 OctoberChan...
This paper draws on two linked studies of social policy and wellbeing in later life. The studies mak...