Household type and adolescent concurrent school and labour force participation in South Africa.
dc.contributor.author | Mvelase, Phindile | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-17T10:42:06Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-07-17T10:42:06Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-07-17 | |
dc.description.abstract | Context: The state of poverty in South Africa is a consequence of the country’s racially segregated past. Coping mechanisms to buffer the experience of poverty have been employed by individuals within households (Klasen & Woolard, 2000). One such coping mechanism is that of intergenerational households. Intergenerational households are well established in South Africa, largely seen in Black families, however very few studies have embarked on the outcomes of adolescents belonging to these households such as concurrent school and labour force participation (Aliber, 2003; Edmonds & Pavcnik, 2005). Intergenerational households experience economic strain that may induce children belonging to these households to seek employment, resulting in children not attending school, having uncompleted schooling or concurrently schooling and participating in the labour force. The objectives of the study are to estimate the level of concurrent schooling and labour force participation amongst adolescents in South Africa and determine the association between residing in intergenerational households and concurrent schooling and labour force participation amongst adolescents. Methods: Secondary data from the South African 2010 Survey of Activities of Young People (SAYP) is used with the sample size of 2 650 116 adolescents aged 7-17 years. Three levels of analysis are employed: univariate: frequency and percentage distribution tables, bivariate: Chi-square (? 2) and multivariate: binary logistic regression. Results: Thirty-one percent of adolescents reside in intergenerational households; 18% in multigenerational and 13% in skip-generational households. The study found that 24.08% of adolescents are concurrently schooling and participating in the labour force. The odds of concurrently schooling and participating in the labour force were higher for adolescents residing in intergenerational households. There is thus an association between residing in intergenerational households and concurrent schooling and LFP amongst adolescents in South Africa. Conclusion: Adolescents residing in intergenerational households have higher odds of concurrently schooling and participating in the labour force. It is thus important to focus on the living conditions such as the experience of poverty and household structures to which adolescents belong in order to understand their experiences and obstacles that may potentially hinder efforts made towards youth education and thus development in the country. | en_ZA |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/14921 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_ZA |
dc.subject.lcsh | Child labor--South Africa. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Households--Economic aspects--South Africa. | |
dc.subject.lcsh | Poverty--South Africa. | |
dc.title | Household type and adolescent concurrent school and labour force participation in South Africa. | en_ZA |
dc.type | Thesis | en_ZA |
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