Gendered Spaces of Informal Entrepreneurship in Soweto, South Africa

Figures & data

Fig. 1. Informal business node, Soweto. Source: Author, 2009.

Fig. 2. Informal production activities by gender in Soweto. Source: Author's survey, 2009.

Fig. 3. Locations of informal production by gender (weighted). Source: Author's survey, 2009.

Fig. 4. Informal production by sector. Source: Author's survey, 2009.

Fig. 5. Social capital in business formation. Source: Author's survey, 2009.

Fig. 6. Gendered concentrations of output of informal firms in the spatial economy. Source: Author's survey, 2009.

TABLE 1. Ties Among Informal Firms

	Owner gender
	Male	Female	Average
Friends, family, neighbors	15%	16%	15.0%
Business associates	20%	13%	15.0%
Other people in your field	25%	20%	22.5%
No help from anyone	40%	51%	47.2%
Source: Author's survey (2009).