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Poverty prevalence
1996 Census indicators 48.5 31.5 20.1 39.5 50.4 37.1 24.3 33.0 14.6 33.6 g
1998 asset index 66.5 28.4 13.1 46.8 62.6 44.1 19.9 38.2 7.5 40.0 h
2001 Census indicators 47.6 32.8 20.8 39.3 47.1 37.2 24.3 38.0 16.7 33.4 g
2001 AMPS income - - - - - - - - - 51.4 i
2005 AMPS income - - - - - - - - - 44.5 i
2006 AMPS income - - - - - - - - - 43.2 i
Unemployment rate (official definition)
2004 32.5 26.1 28.2 32.2 30.8 25.7 22.3 30.4 16.9 27.8 j
2005 29.9 30.2 22.8 32.8 30.1 26.9 24.7 27.4 18.9 26.7 j
2006 32.0 26.5 23.2 26.6 32.0 28.0 28.7 29.7 15.0 25.5 j
a Census 1996. Calculated.
b Census 2001. Calculation reported in Joubert J, Bradshaw D. Health of
Older Persons. In: Ijumba P, Day C, Ntuli A. South African Health Review
2003/04.
c Census 2001.
d StatsSA GHS 2005 and 2006.
e StatsSA HDI 2001.
f Human Development Report, various years.
g ISRDP & URP Baseline. Proportion of the population living in poverty
based on the construction of a poverty index using indicators from the
Census. The variables in the matrix include both household and individual-level
data, and include the following: * Female-headed households
* Illiteracy (the proportion of population aged 15 and above
who have not completed Std 5 / Grade 7) * Rate of unemployment
* Household income (the proportion of households with no annual
income) * Crowding (the proportion of households sharing a room with
at least one other household) * Dwelling type (households classified
informal or traditional) * Sanitation (households without flush or chemical
toilet) * Water (households without tap water inside dwelling or on site)
* Electricity (households without electricity for lighting purposes) * Refuse
removal (households whose refuse is not removed by local authority).
h Chronic Diseases in SA. The asset index derived from the SADHS data
was employed to calculate estimates of the headcount poverty index
for South Africa. The asset index value at the 40th population percentile
is employed as the poverty line. Table 2.6.
i Development Indicators 2007. Index measuring the number of people
living below a poverty line of R3000 per capita per annum (in 2000
constant Rand). Quoting Van der Berg, et al (2006) based on All Media
and Products Survey of various years.
j StatsSA Labour Force Survey. March 2004, September 2005 and
September 2006.
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