Family Complexity in Rural South Africa
Examining Dynamism in Children's Living Arrangement and the Role of Kin
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 3006311 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Madhavan (0000-0001-6216-3612, University of Maryland, 1119 Taliaferro Hall, 4280 Chapel Lane, College Park, MD 20742 USA ().), Sangeetha Madhavan (0000-0001-6086-0027), Alyssa Brooks (National Institutes of Health, 10 Center Drive, Room 2B12C, Bethesda MD 20892 ().), Alyssa T Brooks (0000-0001-6575-6464, National Institutes of Health) |
| Año | 2015 |
| Volumen | 46 |
| Número | 4 |
| Páginas | 483-498 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of Comparative Family Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0047-2328 • E-ISSN: 1929-9850 |
| Editorial | University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3138/jcfs.46.4.483 |
| OpenAlex | W2738442698 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 6 |
It is well established that Black African children in South Africa live in complex living arrangements. Far less, however, is known about the dynamism in children's living arrangements over the life course or the extent to which kin group characteristics influence the intensity of change in these arrangements. In this article, we draw on data collected on 337 children aged 0-21 embedded in 13 kin groups in Mpumalanga, South Africa to (a) describe the types of living arrangements that children are in at the time of birth and in 2002; (b) examine the extent of change and stability in living arrangements over two points in time; (c) describe the variation in the intensity of change in living arrangements over the life course; and (d) analyze the extent to which kin group characteristics help explain this variation. Our analysis shows that most children are in the same living arrangement at birth and in 2002 but that those born into a nuclear arrangement are most likely to change. Moreover, we also found considerable variation in the number of changes in living arrangements that children experience over the life course. The proportion of dependents in the kin group and the living arrangement at the time of birth explained some of this variation controlling for age and parental attributes
Developmental psychology · Dynamism · Extended family · Life course approach · Nuclear family · Sociology · Variation (astronomy) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology
| Obras citantes distintas | 6 |
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| Citas por año | 0,86 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 6 |