11- Can the ‘African household’ be presented meaningfully in large-scale surveys?
Corresponding Author(s) : Marlize Rabe
African Sociological Review,
Vol. 12 No. 2 (2008): African Sociological Review
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- Adepoju, Aderanti, 2006, ‘Internal and international migration within Africa’, in Pieter Kok, Derik Gelderblom, John Oucho and Johan Van Zyl, eds., Migration in South and Southern Africa. Dynamics and determinants. Cape Town: HSRC Press, 26-45.
- Bah, Sulaiman, 1999, ‘The making and unmaking of a national but stratified vital statistics system in the Republic of South Africa and
- the new making of a more comprehensive vital statistics system’, Southern African Journal of Demography, 7 (1): 45-50.
- Beittel, Mark, 1992, ‘The Witwatersrand: Black households, white households’, in Joan Smith and Immanuel Wallerstein, eds., Creating and transforming households. The constraints of the world-economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 197-230.
- Budlender, Debbie, 2003, ‘The debate about household headship’, Social Dynamics, 29 (2): 48-72.
- Bustamante, Juan, 2005, ‘Transnational fatherhood: the case of Mexican sojourners in Mid Michigan.’ Paper read at the ISA/CFR Conference in Mexico City.
- Canadian 2001 census copy. http://www.statcan.ca/ Date accessed: 6 June 2006.
- Cooper, Sheila, 1999, ‘Historical analysis of the family’, in Marvin Sussman, Suzanne Steinmetz and Gary Peterson, eds.,New York: Plenum Press, 13-37.
- Russell, Margo, 2003b, ‘Are urban black families nuclear? A comparative study of black andwhite South African family norms’, Social Dynamics, 29 (2): 153-176.
- Russell, Margo, 1994, ‘Do blacks live in nuclear family households? An appraisal of Steyn’s work on urban family structure in South Africa’, South African Sociological Review, 6 (2): 56-67.
- Russell, Margo, 1993, ‘Are households universal? On misunderstanding domestic groups in Swaziland’, Development and Change, 24: 755-785.
- Russell, Margo and Mugyenyi, Mary, 1997, ‘Armchair empiricism: a reassessment of data collection in survey research in Africa’, African Sociological Review, 1 (1): 16-29.
- Seekings, Jeremy, 2003, ‘Introduction’, Social Dynamics, 29 (2): 1-4.
- Spiegel, Andrew, 1996, ‘Introduction’, in Lorraine Glanz and Andrew Spiegel, eds., Violence and family life in contemporary South Africa. Research and policy issues. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers, 1-12.
- Spiegel, Andrew, Watson, Vanessa, and Wilkinson, Peter, 1996, ‘Domestic diversity and fluidity among some African households in Greater Cape Town’, Social Dynamics, 22 (1): 7-30.
- Statistics South Africa, 2006, General Household Survey, July 2005. http://www.statssa.gov.za/PublicationsHTML/P0318July2005/html/P031 8July2005.html Date accessed: 21 July 2006.
- Statistics South Africa, 2007, Community Survey 2007. http://www.statssa.gov.za/community_new/content.asp? link=questionnaire.asp. Date accessed: 21 August 2007.
- Steyn, Anna, 1993, Family structures in the RSA, Pretoria: HSRC, Co-operative Research Programme on Marriage and Family Life.
- Teachman, Jay, Polonko, Karen, and Scanzoni, John, 1999, in Marvin Sussman; Suzanne Steinmetz and Gary Peterson, eds., Handbook of marriage and the family. Second edition. New York: Plenum Press, 39-76.
- Wallerstein, Immanuel and Smith, Joan, 1992, ‘Households as an institution of the world- economy’, in Joan Smith and Immanuel Wallerstein, eds., Creating and transforming households. The constraints of the world-economy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 3-23.
- Wilson, Francis, 1972, Migrant labour. Johannesburg: South African Council of Churches and Spro-Cas.
- Ziehl, Susan, 2002, ‘Black South Africans do live in Nuclear Family Households – A response to Russell’, Society in Transition, 33(1): 26-49.
- Ziehl, Susan, 2001, ‘Documenting Changing Family Patterns in South Africa: Are Census Data of any value?’, African Sociological Review, 5 (2): 236-62.
References
Adepoju, Aderanti, 2006, ‘Internal and international migration within Africa’, in Pieter Kok, Derik Gelderblom, John Oucho and Johan Van Zyl, eds., Migration in South and Southern Africa. Dynamics and determinants. Cape Town: HSRC Press, 26-45.
Bah, Sulaiman, 1999, ‘The making and unmaking of a national but stratified vital statistics system in the Republic of South Africa and
the new making of a more comprehensive vital statistics system’, Southern African Journal of Demography, 7 (1): 45-50.
Beittel, Mark, 1992, ‘The Witwatersrand: Black households, white households’, in Joan Smith and Immanuel Wallerstein, eds., Creating and transforming households. The constraints of the world-economy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 197-230.
Budlender, Debbie, 2003, ‘The debate about household headship’, Social Dynamics, 29 (2): 48-72.
Bustamante, Juan, 2005, ‘Transnational fatherhood: the case of Mexican sojourners in Mid Michigan.’ Paper read at the ISA/CFR Conference in Mexico City.
Canadian 2001 census copy. http://www.statcan.ca/ Date accessed: 6 June 2006.
Cooper, Sheila, 1999, ‘Historical analysis of the family’, in Marvin Sussman, Suzanne Steinmetz and Gary Peterson, eds.,New York: Plenum Press, 13-37.
Russell, Margo, 2003b, ‘Are urban black families nuclear? A comparative study of black andwhite South African family norms’, Social Dynamics, 29 (2): 153-176.
Russell, Margo, 1994, ‘Do blacks live in nuclear family households? An appraisal of Steyn’s work on urban family structure in South Africa’, South African Sociological Review, 6 (2): 56-67.
Russell, Margo, 1993, ‘Are households universal? On misunderstanding domestic groups in Swaziland’, Development and Change, 24: 755-785.
Russell, Margo and Mugyenyi, Mary, 1997, ‘Armchair empiricism: a reassessment of data collection in survey research in Africa’, African Sociological Review, 1 (1): 16-29.
Seekings, Jeremy, 2003, ‘Introduction’, Social Dynamics, 29 (2): 1-4.
Spiegel, Andrew, 1996, ‘Introduction’, in Lorraine Glanz and Andrew Spiegel, eds., Violence and family life in contemporary South Africa. Research and policy issues. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers, 1-12.
Spiegel, Andrew, Watson, Vanessa, and Wilkinson, Peter, 1996, ‘Domestic diversity and fluidity among some African households in Greater Cape Town’, Social Dynamics, 22 (1): 7-30.
Statistics South Africa, 2006, General Household Survey, July 2005. http://www.statssa.gov.za/PublicationsHTML/P0318July2005/html/P031 8July2005.html Date accessed: 21 July 2006.
Statistics South Africa, 2007, Community Survey 2007. http://www.statssa.gov.za/community_new/content.asp? link=questionnaire.asp. Date accessed: 21 August 2007.
Steyn, Anna, 1993, Family structures in the RSA, Pretoria: HSRC, Co-operative Research Programme on Marriage and Family Life.
Teachman, Jay, Polonko, Karen, and Scanzoni, John, 1999, in Marvin Sussman; Suzanne Steinmetz and Gary Peterson, eds., Handbook of marriage and the family. Second edition. New York: Plenum Press, 39-76.
Wallerstein, Immanuel and Smith, Joan, 1992, ‘Households as an institution of the world- economy’, in Joan Smith and Immanuel Wallerstein, eds., Creating and transforming households. The constraints of the world-economy, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 3-23.
Wilson, Francis, 1972, Migrant labour. Johannesburg: South African Council of Churches and Spro-Cas.
Ziehl, Susan, 2002, ‘Black South Africans do live in Nuclear Family Households – A response to Russell’, Society in Transition, 33(1): 26-49.
Ziehl, Susan, 2001, ‘Documenting Changing Family Patterns in South Africa: Are Census Data of any value?’, African Sociological Review, 5 (2): 236-62.