Child-headed households in South Africa: What we know and what we don't

Figures & data

Table 1: Estimates of the percentage of households in South Africa headed by children under the age of 18, as published by various sources

Source	Percentage of child-headed households	Type of Stats SA data	Reference year
Richter & Desmond (2008)	0.11	OHS	1995
Richter & Desmond (2008)	0.34	OHS	1997
Richter & Desmond (2008)	0.45	OHS	1999
Computed from Stats SA (2004) tables	0.89	Census	2001
Richter & Desmond (2008)	0.67	GHS	2002
Richter & Desmond (2008)	0.66	GHS	2003
Meintjes et al. (2010)	0.47	GHS	2006
Note: OHS = October Household Survey, GHS = General Household Survey.

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