Why do families still not receive the child support grant in South Africa? A longitudinal analysis of a cohort of families across South Africa

BMC International Health and Human Rights

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Zembe Mkabile, Wanga ^a,d   Doherty, Tanya ^a,b   Sanders, David ^b   Jackson, Debra ^b   Chopra, Mickey ^c   Swanevelder, Sonja ^a   Lombard, Carl ^a   Surender, Rebecca ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^c UNICEF   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH CERTIFICATE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD CARE; CHILD SUPPORT GRANT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RIGHTS; INCOME; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84871764144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1472698X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-698X-12-24     Document Type: Article

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