This paper describes the changes in inequality in South Africa over the post-apartheid
period, using income data from 1993 and 2008. Having shown that the data are comparable …

NIDS examines the livelihoods of individuals and households over time. It also provides
information about how households cope with positive or negative shocks, such as an …

Longitudinal surveys allow us to understand how markers of (dis) advantage determine
present material welfare and economic upward or downward mobility over time. In this …

This User Manual has been designed to assist users of the data to understand the operation
of the survey and the resulting structure of the datasets. The User Manual is a reference tool …

Despite the emphasis given to poverty reduction in policy statements and a substantial
increase in social spending, money-metric poverty has shown little improvement since South …

This paper compares the level and distribution of income poverty in the 2008 National
Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) to that measured in the 1993 Project for Statistics on Living …

South Africa is food secure at the national level; however widespread food insecurity
persists at the household level. To understand the dynamics of micro-level food insecurity …

Background: HIV counselling and testing (HCT) is a critical component of HIV prevention
and treatment efforts. Between April 2010 and June 2011 South Africa ran an ambitious …

A prominent stylized fact to emerge from cross-national studies of income distribution is that
South Africa is one of the most unequal countries in the world. This is especially true when …

South Africa is food secure at the national level; however widespread food insecurity
persists at the household level. To understand the dynamics of micro-level food insecurity …