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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
social sciences
The reach and impact of Child Support Grants: Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal
Development Southern Africa, Volume 22, No. 4, Year 2005
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Description
This paper examines the reach and impact of the South African Child Support Grant, using longitudinal data collected through the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies. The grant is being taken up for a third of all age-eligible resident children, and appears to be reaching those children living in the poorer households of the demographic surveillance area (DSA). Children who received the grant are significantly more likely to be enrolled in school in the years following grant receipt than are equally poor children of the same age. However, older brothers and sisters of grant recipients, when they were observed at younger ages, were less likely than other children to be enrolled in school - perhaps reflecting the greater poverty in grant-receiving households. Thus the grant appears to help overcome the impact of poverty on school enrolment. © 2005 Development Bank of Southern Africa.
Authors & Co-Authors
Case, Anne C.
Unknown Affiliation
Hosegood, Victoria
Unknown Affiliation
Lund, Frances
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Statistics
Citations: 275
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1080/03768350500322925
ISSN:
0376835X
Research Areas
Maternal And Child Health
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Cohort Study