Household formation and service delivery in post-apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt sub-district 1992–2012

Martin Wittenberg and Mark A. Collinson

Development Southern Africa, 2020, vol. 37, issue 4, 708-726

Abstract: South Africa has seen a rapid rate of new household formation since 1994. The same period has also seen an impressive roll-out of housing and services. These interact since new household formation delays the elimination of backlogs. Based on data from the Agincourt study site and a novel decomposition technique we examine the process by which household size has been reduced and suggest that service delivery may actually fuel new household formation.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2020.1764335

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