Coping with change: Household structure and composition in rural South Africa, 1992 - 2003

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue SUPPL. 69, 2007, Pages 85-93

  Madhavan, Sangeetha ^a,b   Schatz, Enid J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; Household structure; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; MALE; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RURAL POPULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 34547811005     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034950701355627     Document Type: Article

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