tailieunhanh - Families and Households in Post-apartheid South Africa

We know that the structures of families and of households have changed in recent decades and that this has had a profound affect on public policy planning and service delivery in South Africa. The institution of the family interfaces with other social institutions in any society – it therefore stands to reason that the political, social and economic transformations resulting through colonialism and apartheid in South Africa have affected families and their residential dimension, the household, for all cultural groups. Prior to the democratic transition in 1994, studies of families and househ. | Families and households in post-apartheid South Africa Socio-demographic perspectives Edited by Acheampong Yaw Amoateng Tim B Heaton Free download from HSRC PRESS Free download from Published by HSRC Press Private Bag X9182 Cape Town 8000 South Africa First published 2007 ISBN 978-0-7969-2190-1 2007 Human Sciences Research Council Copy-edited by Vaun Cornell Typeset by Robin Taylor Cover design by comPress Print management by comPress Distributed in Africa by Blue Weaver Tel 27 0 21 701 4477 Fax 27 0 21 701 7302 Distributed in Europe and the United Kingdom by Eurospan Distribution Services EDS Tel 44 0 20 724o 0856 Fax 44 0 20 7379 0609 bookstore Distributed in North America by Independent Publishers Group IPG Call toll-free 800 888 4741 Fax 1 312 337 5985 Free download from contents Tables and figures iv Preface vii Acronyms and abbreviations ix Chapter 1 Social and economic context of families and households in South Africa 1 Acheampong Yaw Amoateng Linda M Richter Chapter 2 Towards a conceptual framework for families and households 27 Acheampong Yaw Amoateng Chapter 3 Living arrangements in South Africa 43 Acheampong Yaw Amoateng Tim B Heaton Ishmael Kalule-Sabiti Chapter 4 The economic well-being of the family Households access to resources in South Africa 1995-2003 61 Daniela Casale Chris Desmond Chapter 5 Family formation and dissolution patterns 89 Ishmael Kalule-Sabiti Martin Palamuleni Monde Makiwane Acheampong Yaw Amoateng Chapter 6 Fertility and childbearing in South Africa 113 Martin Palamuleni Ishmael Kalule-Sabiti Monde Makiwane Chapter 7 Children s household work as a contribution to the well-being of the family and household 135 Sharmla Rama Linda M Richter Chapter 8 The family context for racial differences in child mortality in South Africa 171 Tim B Heaton Acheampong Yaw Amoateng Contributors 188