Proceedings of the 52nd International Academic Conference, Barcelona

ANALYSIS OF POVERTY AMONG THE ELDERLY IN SOUTH AFRICA USING THE 2018 GHS DATA

PRECIOUS MNCAYI, STEVEN HENRY DUNGA

Abstract:

The different approaches to poverty reduction will only be effective if no category of people is left behind or miss diagnosed. There has been attention on gendered poverty, poverty among the youth, and fewer studies have focused on poverty among the elderly. The seniors face a different kind of poverty that is due to the dynamics that comes with age. As people get older their ability to participate in a productive capacity declines and that reduced their ability to earn or maintain the level of income earned in their productive age. There is need to understand the nature of poverty and which categories within the age group are more vulnerable. Using data collected in 2018 by statistics South Africa, this paper analyses the nature of poverty among the elderly (>60 years old). Focus will be on the individual and household characteristics that determine the poverty status. The paper use both descriptive statistics and a logistic regression in the analysis on poverty among the elderly.

Keywords: Poverty, Elderly poverty, poverty status, household poverty, South Africa,

DOI: 10.20472/IAC.2019.052.044

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