The reach and impact of Child Support Grants
Evidence from KwaZulu-Natal
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23320795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anne Case (0000-0002-0202-0879, Princeton University), Victoria Hosegood (0000-0002-2244-2518, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), Frances Lund (University of KwaZulu-Natal) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 22 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 467-482 |
| Publication date | 2005-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Development Southern Africa (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0376-835X • E-ISSN: 1470-3637 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03768350500322925 |
| OpenAlex | W2058110469 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 65 |
| References cited | 5 |
This paper examines the reach and impact of the South African Child Support Grant, using longitudinal data collected through the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies. The grant is being taken up for a third of all age-eligible resident children, and appears to be reaching those children living in the poorer households of the demographic surveillance area (DSA). Children who received the grant are significantly more likely to be enrolled in school in the years following grant receipt than are equally poor children of the same age. However, older brothers and sisters of grant recipients, when they were observed at younger ages, were less likely than other children to be enrolled in school – perhaps reflecting the greater poverty in grant-receiving households. Thus the grant appears to help overcome the impact of poverty on school enrolment.
Child health · Child support · Economic growth · Economics · Family medicine · Geography · Longitudinal data · Political science · Population · Poverty · Poverty level · Receipt · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Gerontology
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| Citations per year | 3.1 |
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| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |