Multidimensional poverty in South Africa in 2001–16
Abstract
This study uses the Census 2001 and 2011 as well as Community
Survey 2007 and 2016 data to derive a multidimensional poverty
index in South Africa for each year, before assessing the changes
in non-money-metric, multidimensional poverty over time. Both
the incidence and intensity of multidimensional poverty
decreased continuously, and these declines were more rapid than
that of money-metric poverty. The decrease in multidimensional
poverty between 2001 and 2016 was most rapid for female
Africans residing in rural areas in Eastern Cape and KwaZulu–Natal
provinces. Multidimensional poverty was most serious in
numerous district councils in these two provinces, despite the fact
that poverty decline was also most rapid in these district councils.
The results of the multidimensional poverty index decomposition
indicated that Africans contributed more than 95% to
multidimensional poverty, while unemployment, years of
schooling and disability were the three indicators contributing
most to poverty
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