Poverty and disability in Eastern and Western Cape Provinces, South Africa

Disability and Society

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 311-321

  Loeb, Mitchell ^a   Eide, Arne H ^a   Jelsma, Jennifer ^b   Toni, Mzolisi Ka ^c   Maart, Soraya ^b  

^a SINTEF   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c Disabled People South Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disability; Disability grants; Living conditions; Poverty; South Africa

Indexed keywords

EID: 45849109968     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802038803     Document Type: Article

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