Patterns of residential mobility amongst children in Greater Johannesburg-Soweto, South Africa: Observations from the birth to Twenty cohort

Urban Forum

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 397-413

  Ginsburg, Carren ^a   Norris, Shane A ^a   Richter, Linda M ^a,b,c   Coplan, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Migration; Residential mobility; South Africa; Urban children

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149111050     PISSN: 10153802     EISSN: 18746330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12132-009-9069-6     Document Type: Article

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