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Survival strategies of HIV/AIDS - affected households in Soweto

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  • Veni Naidu
  • Geoff Harris

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This article reports the survival strategies used by households in Soweto with at least one HIV/AIDS-affected member. Data were collected on four occasions between September 2002 and August 2003 from each household, based on diary records and supplemented by interviews with the financial head of the household. In terms of frequency of use and the contribution made to the finances of affected households, the most important survival strategies were: the sick member continuing at work for as long as possible, borrowing from friends and relatives, receiving transfers from relatives, and taking up social grants. These results are broadly similar to those reported by Booysen and associates in their Free State studies.

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  • Veni Naidu & Geoff Harris, 2006. "Survival strategies of HIV/AIDS - affected households in Soweto," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(3), pages 417-426.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:23:y:2006:i:3:p:417-426
    DOI: 10.1080/03768350600843176
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