Social Demography of South Africa: Advances and Emerging Issues

ISBN-13: 9780415735674 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 324 str.

Clifford Odimegwu; John Kekovole

Opis

This edited collection investigates what progress has been made in the field of social demography in South Africa since the democratic dispensation in the country. Contributors offer a compilation of in-depth analytical studies of substantive, technical and contemporary issues in the South African demographic landscape. Accessible and topical, it is a useful reference guide to those working in disciplines such as sociology, geography, statistics and economics, and to all those trying to understand the role of national statistical agency in national development planning in Africa. This book project is funded by Statistics South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Spis treści

Foreword  Pali J. Lehohla.  Acknowledgments.  Introduction and Overview  Clifford O. Odimegwu and John Kekovole  1. Sources of Socioeconomic and Demographic Data in South Africa  Clifford O. Odimegwu and John Kekovole  2. Age Structural Transition of the South African Population: Racial Differentials and Implications  Mosidi Nhlapo and Henry V. Doctor  3. An Assessment of Quality of Death Registration Data for Mortality Estimation in South Africa  Christine Khoza  4. An Assessment of Quality of Birth Registration in South Africa for Fertility Estimation  Mosidi Nhlapo  5. An Assessment of the Quality of Aggregate Employment Statistics in Population Censuses and Survey in South Africa  Joyce Lestrade-Jefferis  6. Trends and Patterns of Reporting Causes of Death in South Africa  Maletela Tuoane-Nkhasi and Abram Moyo  7. Migration, Urbanisation and Development in South Africa  Samuel Kojo Antobam  8. Temporary Population Movements into South Africa: Analysis of Border Statistics  Susanna Ubomba-Jaswa, Tshwaro Gae and Duduzile Mazibuko  9. Household and Family Dynamics in South Africa  Tapiwa Jhamba and Kerotse Malefo  10. Trends and Determinants of Educational Attainment of South African Youth  Mandila Gilimani, Kwena Marevhula and Isabelle Schmidt  11. Demography of Labour Force in a Transitional Society  Clifford O. Odimegwu, Sasha Frade, Nicole De Wet and Sunday Adedini  12. Female Labour Force Participation in South Africa: Levels, Trends and Differentials  Constance T. Mabela and Alfonso J. Fanoe  13. Demography of Poverty and Inequality in South Africa  Sandile Simelane and Kefiloe Masiteng  14. Demography of Disability in South Africa  Nicole De Wet and Leonard Ahuejere  15. Gender Disparities in South Africa  Kefiloe Masiteng and Yovani A. Moses Lubaale

O autorze

Clifford O. Odimegwu is the head of Demography and Population Studies Programme at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. John Kekovole is currently an Executive Manager in charge of Census Inputs and Outputs at Statistics South Africa.