Ellison, GTH orcid.org/0000-0001-8914-6812 and de Wet, T (2016) Poverty, disability and self-reported health amongst residents and migrants in Gauteng, South Africa. Annals of Human Biology, 43 (2). pp. 131-143. ISSN 0301-4460
Abstract
Background and aim: The aim of the present study was to assess the relative importance of individual- and household-level indicators of poverty to the self-reported health of residents and recent migrants in South Africa’s most urbanised province (Gauteng). Subjects and methods: Univariate and multivariable statistical analyses were undertaken on data from the 2014 Quality of Life household survey undertaken by the Gauteng City Regional Observatory. The survey generated data on a representative sample of n = 27 490 respondents. Results: At the individual-level the odds for disability or health-limiting work/social activities was significantly lower amongst younger, better educated and employed respondents, and amongst both transnational and internal migrants. At the household-level, the absence of some basic services and household assets (particularly mains electricity, telecommunications and a television) were significantly associated with a lower odds of health-limiting work/social activities. Conclusions: Variation in sociodemographic and economic predictors of self-reported health at the individual- and household-level partly explain the lower odds of disability and health-limiting work/social activities of migrants, since migrants were less likely to be disabled and tended to be younger, with higher educational attainment and better employment status than residents, yet were also more likely to be living in households with fewer services and assets.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Migrant, poverty, South Africa |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics (LIGHT) > Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 23 Aug 2017 10:53 |
Last Modified: | 23 Aug 2017 10:53 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.3109/03014460.2016.1147597 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:119794 |