Browsing by Author "Nsengiyumva, Philomene"

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    African female migrants and housing acquisition in South Africa: A comparison between 2001 and 2011 Population Census
    (University of Western Cape, 2021) Mokabati, Koketso Percy; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    African female migrants make up a large portion of the population in general and in South Africa in particular. This includes both the documented and the undocumented female migrants. Nonetheless, they are confronted with a housing challenge in the countries of destination. This study seeks to examine the types of housing, the methods of housing acquisition, and the size of housing that African female migrants have access to. This study used secondary data of the 2001 and 2011 Population Censuses, gathered from the (Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) database to look into African female migration and housing acquisition in South Africa. The study used the Chi-square test statistic to measure the relationship between the variables of interest.
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    Demographic aspects of migrants’ access to drinkable water in South Africa: Insight from the 2011 census
    (University of the Western Cape, 2020) Duba, Vuyolethu; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    The issue of migrants’ access to drinkable water is a developmental issue. From a fundamental research view point, this study aims to explore the circumstances in which migrants access water across metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas of South Africa. The study examines the inequalities that may arise in the context of piped water access, different water sources, other alternative water, reliability of water, and closely related issues focusing specifically on internal migrants in general. The study focuses on demographic characteristics such as age, gender, education, employment status, level of income, duration of residence, province of residence and ethnic groups. Bringing together the demographic variables and water related variables, the study captures the determinants of water access by comparing metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Using the 2011 Census secondary data requested from Statistics South Africa, cross tabulation and bivariate statistical analysis by means of SPSS software was performed.
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    Determinants of access and utilization of health care facilities among women in South Africa: The case of the Eastern Cape province
    (University of the Western Cape, 2022) Abrams, Robynne Danielle; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    Access to healthcare is a requirement for human well-being. However, women who seek medical care when needed are still confronted with significant access barriers. This study aimed to identify the factors influencing the access and utilization of healthcare facilities among female household heads in South Africa, particularly in the Eastern Cape Province. The study used socio-economic and socio-demographic characteristics such as age, level of education, monthly household income, area of residence, employment status and medical aid membership to measure the relationship between the types of healthcare facilities women utilize, the travelling time to healthcare facilities and the means of transport they use to access healthcare facilities in the Eastern Cape Province.
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    The determinants of mothers’ access to antenatal healthcare in South Africa: insights from the Eastern Cape province
    (2023) Bhosale, Shenitha; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    Eastern Cape Province has historically experienced challenges in its improvements and provisions for women’s access to primary healthcare facilities. Women in the Eastern Cape province continue to lack access to antenatal care; in some cases, the mother and unborn child suffer terrible consequences. For this reason, the study aimed to identify the profile of women who access and utilise antenatal care in Eastern Cape Province. The study measured the relationship between women’s socio-demographic, socio-economic characteristics and the timing of antenatal healthcare, number of antenatal healthcare visits, and blood pressure monitoring among women living in the Eastern Cape. The study used data from the South African Demographic and Health Survey 2016. In this study, univariate analysis was employed to define the characteristics of the women. Bivariate analysis was used through cross-tabulation to determine the relationship between the women's characteristics, the timing of the antenatal healthcare visit, the number of antenatal healthcare visits, and whether their blood pressure was taken during pregnancy. Chi-square testing was conducted to assess the association between the women's characteristics and access to antenatal healthcare. Multinomial logistic regression was performed to identify the factors influencing antenatal healthcare access. The data was analysed using SPSS version 28 and Excel. The study found that age, marital status, population group, wealth index and working status influenced the women’s timing of their first antenatal healthcare visit, the number of antenatal healthcare visits and their blood pressure being monitored during pregnancy. Therefore, the South African Government, specifically the Policy Makers and the Eastern Cape Department of Health, must consider increasing awareness of the importance of proper antenatal healthcare utilisation.
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    Factors associated with land acquisition for food production among small-scale farmers in South Africa
    (University of Western Cape, 2021) Mbamba, Faith Sabelo; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    The purpose of this study is to investigate determinants of land tenure, agricultural activities involvement, and the use of agricultural products and stock keeping among small-scale farmers across all nine provinces of South Africa. Little is known regarding tenure status that households typically use to access land across nine provinces of South Africa. The characteristics of household heads in small-scale farming still under-researched; and socio-demographic characteristics for household subsistence still scanty in the literature. GHS between 2015 and 2018 from StatsSA was employed.
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    The factors associated with the access to early childhood development (ecd) facilities in South Africa: insight from the 2021 general household survey (ghs)
    (University of the Western Cape, 2023) Shikwambane, Elia; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    Despite South Africa being a developed country, it has one of the highest and most persistent inequality rates in the world and this disparity is evident in the education sector. However, the country has sufficient resources to support children's education on all levels, but the number of children accessing education, the quality of education they receive, and the condition of their learning environment are causes for concern, especially the accessibility of Early Childhood Development (ECD) facilities in the nine provinces of South Africa. This study investigates the socio-economic and socio-demographic determinants that impact children aged six and younger’s accessibility to ECD centres. Factors, such as head of household, age, demographic group, level of education, employment status, income level, residential location, father part of household and mother part of household, are all considered. The study used data from the 2021 General Household Survey, which was obtained from the University of Cape Town’s DataFirst website, which was acquired from Statistics South Africa. The study employed univariate analysis, bivariate analysis, cross-tabulation using the Chi-square test of Independence and Multinomial Logistic Regression techniques to examine the associations or relationships between the type of ECD facilities, main reasons for not attending the ECD facilities and the place where the children spend most of their time with the socio-economic and socio-demographic factors. The data was analysed using both the Microsoft Excel and the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) version 28 software programmes. A hypothesis was specified to determine the probability of a young child enrolling in a particular type of ECD centre, as well as the primary reasons for not doing so. There is a positive relationship between father participation and the access to and utilization of early childhood development (ECD) services. Children residing with both biological parents exhibit a higher propensity to utilize childcare services such as a Gogo or a nanny. Young families frequently utilize Gogo and childminder services to visit playgrounds while mothers who are actively engaged in their children’s lives are more inclined to utilize ECD services.
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    Female migration and housing in South Africa: evidence from the 2007 community survey
    (University of the Western Cape, 2013) Nsengiyumva, Philomene; Tati, Gabriel
    Throughout the world, growing evidence suggests an increase of female migrants in migration streams. In the context of South Africa, women are not exempted from migration mechanisms. This new migration phenomenon is observed to influence housing accessibility among female migrants in the areas of destinations specifically in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas of South Africa. Yet, little is known about the forms of housing tenure female migrants use to acquire a place to live in. The methods of housing acquisition of female migrants are still imperfectly documented. Moreover, it is not clear of how housing tenure differs among female migrants between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. Factors determining housing tenure and at what extent those factors are selective towards women in the places of destination are not properly elaborated in the existing body of knowledge. The aim of this research is to highlight the relationship between female migration and housing acquisition in South Africa by specifically looking at household headship in a gender perspective, and how housing acquisition differ between metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas of South Africa. It is assumed that inasmuch as migration is selective, so is a really differentiated selectivity of such places as metropolises and non-metropolises. This research makes use of the 2007 Community Survey secondary data derived from Statistics South Africa. The data analysis was carried out, first, by means of univariate analysis, cross-tabulation, and Chi-square statistical test for association. Logistic regression analysis was used in order to identify the determining factors of housing tenure among female migrants. The two groups of female migrants were considered namely: female migrants heading households and those who were not heading households. The units of analysis were metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas. This research focuses on internal female migration and housing in South Africa by examining different socio-demographic, socioeconomic, migratory, households, and housing attributes, by taking into account variables such as age, population group, marital status, level of education, just to name the few. By bringing together female migrants characteristics, migratory characteristics; and housing characteristics, the study found that female migrants heading households living in metropolitan areas are more likely to stay in rented dwellings, while those who were living in areas outside metropolitan (non-metropolitan areas) were highly represented in owned and fully paid dwellings. This study found further that, besides duration of residence, housing structure type, especially the availability of standalone housing type increases the likelihood of staying in owned and fully paid housing. This study concludes that, this new female migration stream creates more tension and pressure on housing provision in metropolitan areas in relation to non-metropolitan areas. Thus, policy makers should be aware of female migration and its impact in the housing sector in order to plan accordingly.
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    Female unemployment in South Africa: insight from the 2021 labour force survey.
    (University of the Western Cape, 2023) Mfubu, Anele; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    The study focused on female unemployment and aimed to establish whether or not there is a relationship between female unemployment and demographic characteristics, whether the currently unemployed have ever worked or not, their duration of unemployment and the reasons for not working. It utilized the existing dataset from Statistics South Africa's fourth-quarter of 2021 Labour Force Survey. The study suggested that there are differentials in female unemployment, according to demographic characteristics. More precisely the greatest share percentage of unemployed females in South Africa was found within 25-34 age group and who are single. Nonetheless, those within 15-24 most of them were found among those who have never worked before, while a high percentage share of those who have work experience was found in 55-64 age group.
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    Housing ownership among female migrants in South Africa: The case of metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas
    (SUN Journals, 2017) Nsengiyumva, Philomene; Tati, Gabriel
    In the study of female migration and housing acquisition, little has been elaborated about the magnitude and the direction of female migrants in South African context. Furthermore, housing tenure status is still under researched. Hence, the determinants of housing ownership, and how this differs across metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas is not sufficiently documented in migration and housing literature. This paper aims at identifying the factors contributing towards housing ownership among internal female migrants, and the differentials in comparing metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in South Africa. This study makes use of the 2007 Community Survey data requested from Statistics South Africa. Logistic regression analysis was performed to highlight the relationship between female migration and housing ownership across areas. The key findings indicate that age, duration of residence, housing type, and household size are the factors contributing towards housing ownership among female migrants. The study found, further, that female migrants living in non-metropolitan areas are more likely to own housing in relation to metropolitan areas.
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    Internal migrant characteristics and access to clean water in post-apartheid South Africa
    (Springer, 2025) Nsengiyumva, Philomene; Habiyaremye, Alexis
    Differentiated access to clean water has been one of the instruments that the Apartheid regime used to justify its monopoly on power. The demise of the White minority rule saw fluxes of internal migrants flocking to large cities to access water services previously denied to them through segregationist spatial planning. Using a framework derived from the theory of access, this study applied a multinomial logistical regression analysis to identify migrant sociodemographic and locational factors that affect their likelihood of accessing tap water. We found sociodemographic factors associated with a higher bargaining power to significantly increase the likelihood of migrants to have access to tap water inside their houses. By contrast, lower levels of bargaining power increase the probability of accessing clean water only outside the house or not having access at all. The results also point out clear differences between migrants residing in large cities and those residing in rural areas. Demand for water resources being expected to outstrip available supplies, the study recommends additional investments in maintenance and expansion of water distribution infrastructure, as well as support measures for improving the bargaining power of disadvantaged social groups to achieve the targets of UN Sustainable Development Goal 6 (SDG6).
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    Labour force participation among African female migrants in South Africa: the case of Gauteng province
    (University of the Western Cape, 2023) Mfolo, Pontsho Justinus; Nsengiyumva, Philomene
    The African female migration theme has several dynamic components and characteristics that have not been fully explored. In the South African context, the influence of the labour force participation among African female migrants in Gauteng province, is one such case. African female migrants frequently migrate to South Africa’s Gauteng province in search of better opportunities. Many are forced to migrate due to a lack of employment opportunities in their home countries. This study used secondary data from the 2001 and 2011 Population Censuses obtained from Statistics South Africa. The study focused on socio-demographic, socio-economic, and migration aspects such as age group, marital status, level of education, employment status, level of income, occupation, type of sector, reasons for not working, country of birth and year of movement. Firstly, the method of analysis includes univariate analysis, using graphs to display the characteristics of African female migrants. Secondly, bivariate analysis uses cross-tabulation and the Chi-square test of Independence to determine the relationship between two variables, and lastly multivariate analysis, which incorporated the multinomial logistic regression technique to estimate the odds ratio of the dependent variables. The analysis was performed using the SPSS version 28. The findings reveal that majority of female migrants working in Gauteng province came from Zimbabwe. Based on the study’s findings, most of the African female migrants who participated in labour force were employed in the Gauteng province, many were not married and that most of the African female migrants had completed secondary education. Furthermore, the results revealed that the greatest number of African female migrants worked mainly in the informal sector as domestic workers or related helpers. Moreover, the study reveals that age group, marital status, level of education, employment status and level of income are the main contributing factors to labour force participation in Gauteng province. Since most African female migrants are working in the informal sector in Gauteng province, the government should enforce regulations that protect migrant workers. The government should also encourage the feminisation of migration, which will increase women’s empowerment and involvement in economic growth.