Caring and Contributing: The Role of Older Women in Rural South African Multi-generational Households in the HIV/AIDS Era

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1390-1403

  Schatz, Enid ^a,b,c   Ogunmefun, Catherine ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; aging; gender; HIV AIDS; pensions; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COPING STRATEGY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PENSION SYSTEM; RURAL POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34547111527     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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