The child support grant and teenage childbearing in South Africa

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 193-204

  Makiwane, Monde ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Morality; Social assistance; South Africa; Teenage childbearing; Welfare

Indexed keywords

CHILD WELFARE; CHILDBEARING; FERTILITY; FINANCIAL SERVICES; MORALITY; SOCIAL POLICY; WELFARE PROVISION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 77951819323     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03768351003740498     Document Type: Article

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