Moving out and moving in: Evidence of short-term household change in South Africa from the National Income Dynamics Study

Lloyd Grieger (lloyd.grieger@yale.edu), April Williamson (april.williamson@yale.edu), Murray Leibbrandt and James Levinsohn (james.levinsohn@yale.edu)
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Lloyd Grieger: Center for Research on Inequalities and the Life Course, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
April Williamson: Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University
James Levinsohn: Yale School of Management, Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University

No 106, SALDRU Working Papers from Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town

Abstract: We use longitudinal data from the National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) to document the extent of recent short-term residential and household compositional change in South Africa. We analyze the demographic correlates of these transitions, including population group, age, urban/rural status, and income. We examine educational and labour market transitions among movers and the prevalence of the four major types of compositional change – births, addition of joiners, deaths, and loss of leavers. We find that short-term household change is prevalent in South Africa. During a 2-year period from 2008 to 2010, 10.5% of South Africans moved residence and 61.3% experienced change in household composition. We find that moving is more common among blacks and whites, very young children, young adults, urban individuals, and those with higher incomes. Among non-movers, compositional change is more likely for blacks and coloureds, young adults and children, females, urban individuals, and individuals with lower incomes.

Keywords: household change; residential dynamics; moving; National Income Dynamics Study (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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