Poverty erodes dignity: perspectives of low income female caregivers in South Africa

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Date

2014

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Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS)

Abstract

Dignity is a foundational value in South Africa’s Constitution and is also experienced as a psycho-social phenomenon. Dimensions of dignity were explored with almost two hundred low income female caregivers and the impact of poverty on dignity was examined.

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Poverty, Dignity, Caregivers, South Africa

Citation

Wright, G. et al., 2014. Poverty erodes dignity: perspectives of low income female caregivers in South Africa, Cape Town: Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS).

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