Family structure, race, gender and poverty: the case of food deprivation in South Africa

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Title:	Family structure, race, gender and poverty: the case of food deprivation in South Africa
Authors:	Amoateng, Acheampong Yaw Setlalentoa, Boitumelo Marilyn Patience
Year:	2015
Periodical:	African Sociological Review (ISSN 1027-4332)
Volume:	19
Issue:	1
Pages:	43-62
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	food shortage poverty social environment households
External link:	https://www.ajol.info/index.php/asr/article/view/128532/118080
Abstract:	This study examines the relationship between race, family structure and gender on one hand, and food deprivation as a measure of poverty on the other hand. It focuses on South Africa. Main effects were found for race, residence, presence of children and adults, while interaction effect was found for race and family structure. Whites, and to a large extent Indians/Asians, were less likely to experience food deprivation, while black Africans and coloureds were most likely to experience food deprivation. Couple-headed households were the least likely to experience food deprivation, compared to households headed by either male or female. Finally, the presence of children and elderly family members in a household was negatively associated with food deprivation, a finding which supports the view that most poor families in the country depend on social grants to children and the elderly for survival. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]