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Towards a demographic profile of the street homeless in South Africa

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  • Pieter Kok
  • Catherine Cross
  • Niël Roux

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This paper provides a demographic analysis of the Human Sciences Research Council homelessness survey, and starts to develop a profile of the adult and child street homeless populations in the northern part of South Africa. Attempting to sketch the population dynamics of homelessness, the paper reviews research methodology, looks at the age, gender and employment status of the respondents, and identifies the foreign-born and citizen population elements. The data suggest that cross-border migrants represent a significant share of the street homeless, and particularly of street children. In addition, it appears that the child and adult populations are largely separate, with older street children leaving the streets to be replaced by in-migrating rural-born homeless adults.

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  • Pieter Kok & Catherine Cross & Niël Roux, 2010. "Towards a demographic profile of the street homeless in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 27(1), pages 21-37.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:27:y:2010:i:1:p:21-37
    DOI: 10.1080/03768350903519309
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    1. Olusola Olufemi, 2000. "Feminisation of poverty among the street homeless women in South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 17(2), pages 221-234.
    2. Olusola Olufemi, 2002. "Barriers that disconnect homeless people and make homelessness difficult to interpret," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 19(4), pages 455-466.
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