Household Formation and Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt Sub-District 1992-2012

Household Formation and Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt Sub-District 1992-2012

Author: 
Wittenberg, Martin
Place: 
Oxon
Publisher: 
Taylor and Francis
Date published: 
2020
Record type: 
Journal article
Region: 
Africa
Southern Africa
Responsibility: 
Collinson, Mark A., jt. author
Journal Title: 
Development Southern Africa
Source: 
Development Southern Africa Vol 37 No 4 2020 pp 708-726
Subject: 
SOUTH AFRICA
AGINCOURT
HOUSEHOLD FORMATION
RDP HOUSING
Abstract: 

South Africa has seen a rapid rate of new household formation since 1994. The same period has also seen an impressive roll-out of housing and services. These interact since new household formation delays the elimination of backlogs. Based on data from the Agincourt study site and a novel decomposition technique we examine the process by which household size has been reduced and suggest that service delivery may actually fuel new household formation.

Language: 
English
Country focus: 
South Africa
DOI: 
https://doi.org/10.1080/0376835X.2020.1764335

CITATION: Wittenberg, Martin. Household Formation and Service Delivery in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Evidence from the Agincourt Sub-District 1992-2012 . Oxon : Taylor and Francis , 2020. Development Southern Africa Vol 37 No 4 2020 pp 708-726 - Available at: https://library.au.int/household-formation-and-service-delivery-post-apartheid-south-africa-evidence-agincourt-sub-district