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The dynamics of household dissolution and change in socio-economic position: A survival model in a rural South Africa

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  • Kurt Sartorius
  • Benn KD Sartorius
  • Mark A Collinson
  • Stephen M Tollman

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This paper investigates household dissolution and changes in asset wealth (socio-economic position) in a rural South African community containing settled refugees. Survival analysis applied to a longitudinal dataset indicated that the covariates increasing the risk of forced household dissolution were a reduction in socio-economic position (asset wealth), adult deaths and the permanent outmigration of more than 40% of the household. Conversely, the risk of dissolution was reduced by bigger households, state grants and older household heads. Significant spatial clusters of former refugee villages also showed a higher risk of dissolution after 20 years of permanent residence. A discussion of the dynamics of dissolution showed how an outflow/inflow of household assets (socio-economic position) was precipitated by each of the selected covariates. The paper shows how an understanding of the dynamics of forced household dissolution, combined with the use of geo-spatial mapping, can inform inter-disciplinary policy in a rural community.

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  • Kurt Sartorius & Benn KD Sartorius & Mark A Collinson & Stephen M Tollman, 2014. "The dynamics of household dissolution and change in socio-economic position: A survival model in a rural South Africa," Development Southern Africa, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(6), pages 775-795, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:deveza:v:31:y:2014:i:6:p:775-795
    DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2014.951991
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