Reframing vulnerability: Mozambican refugees' access to state-funded pensions in rural South Africa

Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-258

  Schatz, Enid J ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Aging; Refugees; Social grants; South Africa; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MOZAMBIQUE; PENSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MOZAMBIQUE; PENSIONS; REFUGEES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 70349522315     PISSN: 01693816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10823-008-9089-z     Document Type: Article

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