Indicators of Economic Status and Social Capital in South African Townships: What Do They Reveal about the Material and Social Conditions in Families of Poor Children?.

Barbarin, Oscar A.; Khomo, Ngokoana

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Publication Date: 1997

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Indicators of Economic Status and Social Capital in South African Townships: What Do They Reveal about the Material and Social Conditions in Families of Poor Children?

Barbarin, Oscar A.; Khomo, Ngokoana

Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, v4 n2 p193-222 May 1997

Employed a method for assessing material well-being and social resources using a set of observable indicators such as adequacy of food, quality of housing, financial assets, consumer goods, and social resources. Identified two dimensions, consumption and social/financial capital, which when used to assign SES were predictive of a family's ability to meet basic needs and its experience of material hardship. (AA)

Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Economic Development, Economic Factors, Economic Status, Foreign Countries, Life Satisfaction, Longitudinal Studies, Low Income Groups, Measurement, Measurement Techniques, Nutrition, Poverty, Quality of Life, Social Capital, Social Indicators, Social Problems, Socioeconomic Status, Well Being

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: South Africa

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