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Preliminary pages
Executive summary
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Combining census and survey data to construct
a poverty map of South Africa
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Introduction
Methodology
Data
Comparing Census 96 income and IES expenditure
Imputing expenditures in Census 96
Poverty mapping using imputed expenditures from Census 96
The way forward: Stats SA and the World Bank
Concluding discussion
References
Chapter 3: Key baseline statistics for poverty
measurement
Introduction
Definition of poverty
Poverty estimates
Imputations of monthly household expenditure
Comparisons with other countries
Overall results of Census 96
The people of South Africa
The households of South Africa
Poor households in South Africa
Monthly household expenditure by gender of household head and province
Monthly household expenditure by population group and gender of
household head
Monthly household expenditure by urban/non-urban place of residence and
by
province
Monthly household expenditure by population group and urban/non-urban
place of residence
Monthly household expenditure by gender and urban/non-urban place of
residence
Living conditions of the poor in South Africa
Poverty and living conditions
Poverty and type of dwelling
Poverty and access to infrastructure and services
Differences in access to services in urban and non-urban areas
Integration
Life circumstances of the poor in South Africa
Level of education and expenditure among the employed, by population
group
Monthly expenditure by occupation and gender among the employed
Stats SA development indices
Provincial differences
Calculating the Stats SA development indices
The Stats SA household infrastructure index
The Stats SA household circumstances index
Comparing the indices
Comparing with other indices
Chapter 4: Earnings inequality in South Africa,
1995-1998
Introduction
Methodology
Calculating income
Pay and earnings
Computing individual income
Results
Inequality
Population group and gender
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Income distribution in South Africa: a social
accounting matrix approach
Introduction
Income distribution and social accounting matrix
Income distribution in South Africa
Tax patterns of households
The economic impact of changing the distribution of income
Impact on the present level of economic activity
Redistribution options
Conclusion
References
List of Tables, Figures and Maps
Chapter 2: Combining census and survey data to construct a poverty map of South
Africa
Tables
Table 1: Comparison of household income from Census 96 and
household
expenditure from the IES
Table 1A: Comparison of imputed expenditure from Census 96 and
household
expenditure from the IES
Table 2: Simple and rank correlation coefficients between Census
96 income and
IES expenditure
Table 3: Regression of goodness of fit on area of residence and mean
expenditure
(province level)
Table 4: Regression of goodness of fit on area or residence and mean
expenditure
(province/EA-type level)
Table 5: Regression of goodness of fit on area of residence and mean
expenditure
(district council level)
Table 6: Regression of goodness of fit on area of residence and mean
expenditure
(magisterial district level)
Table 7: Regression results by province
Appendix
Appendix Table 1: Headcount index by province
Appendix Table 2: Headcount index by district council
Appendix Table 3: Headcount index by magisterial district
Maps
Map 1: Poverty distribution in South Africa
Map 2: Poverty distribution based on monthly expenditure in South Africa
by province
Map 3: Poverty distribution based on monthly expenditure in South Africa
by
district council
Map 4: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in Eastern
Cape by
magisterial district
Map 5: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in Free
State by
magisterial district
Map 6: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in Gauteng
by
magisterial district
Map 7: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in
KwaZulu-Natal
by magisterial district
Map 8: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in
Mpumalanga by
magisterial district
Map 9: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in Northern
Cape by
magisterial district
Map 10: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in Northern
Province
by magisterial district
Map 11: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in North
West by
magisterial district
Map 12: Distribution of poverty based on monthly expenditure in Western
Cape
by magisterial district
Folded wall map of Poverty in South Africa inserted on inside of back cover page
Chapter 3: Key baseline statistics for poverty measurement
Tables
Table 1: The population of South Africa by province and gender
Table 2: South African households in urban and non-urban areas by
province
Table 3: Monthly household expenditure by province and gender of
household head
Table 4: Monthly household expenditure in urban and non-urban areas in
each
province
Table 5: Monthly household expenditure by population group and
urban/non-urban
place of residence
Table 6: Access to housing by monthly household expenditure and
population group
of household head
Table 7: Access to facilities by monthly household expenditure and
population
group of household head
Table 8: Monthly expenditure among the employed aged 20 years or more by
population group and level of education
Table 9: Scores obtained in each province for each variable constituting
the two
Stats SA development indices
Table 10: Loadings obtained by each variable on each component
constituting the
two Stats SA development indices (after rotation)
Table 11: Cut-off points for calculating the Stats SA household
infrastructure index
Table 12: Scores obtained by each province on the Stats SA household
infrastructure
index
Table 13: Scores obtained by each province on the Stats SA household
infrastructure
index after taking number of households into account
Table 14: Scores obtained by each province on the Stats SA household
circumstances
index after taking number of households into account
Table 15: Comparing the scores and rankings on Stats SAs household
infrastructure
and household circumstances indices
Figures
Figure 1: Monthly household expenditure by population group and gender
of
household head
Figure 2: Monthly household expenditure by urban or non-urban place of
residence
and gender of household head
Figure 3: Percentage of African and coloured households with electricity
for lighting
in urban and non-urban areas, by expenditure quintile
Figure 4: Monthly household expenditure by occupation and gender of
household
head
Chapter 4: Earnings inequality in South Africa, 1995-1998
Table
Table 1: Cut-off points for categorical analysis (Rands per month)
Figures
Figure 1: Gini coefficients on pay and earnings, 1995-1998
Figure 2: Gini coefficients on pay for African, coloured and white
people, 1995-1998
Figure 3: Dikhanov diagram of pay, 1998
Figure 4: Distribution of monthly per capita pay income by population
group, 1998
Figure 5: Distribution of monthly per capita earnings by population
group, 1998
Figure 6: Distribution of monthly per capita pay income by population
group and
gender, 1998
Figure 7: Distribution of monthly per capita earnings by population
group and
gender, 1998
Chapter 5: Income distribution in South Africa: a social accounting matrix
approach
Tables
Table 1: Income class (household per capita income) designation
Table 2: Income distribution in the South African economy
Table 3: Propensity to save by quintile (%)
Table 4: Tax patterns in South Africa (%)
Table 5: Gross domestic product generated per unit of income
Table 6: Impact on imports per unit income
Table 7: Approximate indicators of the effect of some altered income
distributions
in South Africa: 1988
Table 8: Approximate indicators of the effects of some altered income
distributions
in South Africa: 1988 |