Abstract: Firstly, the paper at tempts to identify the features that distinguish the affluent and specifically the black affluent from the rest of the population with a descriptive analysis. The paper investigates how affluence predictors vary between different race groups. It shows a dramatic increase in black affluence. Household heads be longing to this group, how ever, have educational attainment levels exceeding the average for the affluent suggesting that income might rise to match or exceed average levels for the affluent as the group matures.
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Paper provided by University of Cape Town, Development Policy Research Unit in its series Working Papers with number
9636.
Length: 34 pages Date of creation: Nov 2004 Date of revision: Publication status: Published in Working Paper Series by the Development Policy Research Unit, November 2004, pages 1-34 Handle: RePEc:ctw:wpaper:9636