'Beyond their age': coping of children and young people in child-headed households in South Africa

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Title:	'Beyond their age': coping of children and young people in child-headed households in South Africa
Author:	Dijk, Diana van
Year:	2008
Issue:	14
Pages:	292
Language:	English
Type of thesis:	Ph.D. dissertation Radboud University, Nijmegen (2008-11-26)
Series:	African Studies Collection (ISSN 1876-0198)
City of publisher:	Leiden
Publisher:	African Studies Centre
ISBN:	9789054480846
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	households children youth social networks livelihoods dissertations (form)
External links:	https://hdl.handle.net/2066/65535 https://hdl.handle.net/1887/13382
Abstract:	This study concentrates on the capacity of children and young people to cope in child-headed households in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In contrast to the dominant view of these children as vulnerable and in need of protection and support by family and community members, this study focuses on the coping strategies of these youngsters and their access to support and its quality. It analyses coping from two approaches: the livelihood approach and the task model of coping. It assumes social assets or social capital to be fundamental for children and young people in child-headed households. The study further addresses the problematic of conceptualizing child-headed households in the South African context. This new type of information provides valuable insights on how such households could be supported in a more effective way. [ASC Leiden abstract]