Social security in the elderly population of South Africa (2017- 2018)
| dc.contributor.author | Stofile, Rosa Nangamso | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Stiegler, Nancy | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-10-24T14:05:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-10-24T14:05:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study examines the extent to which individuals aged sixty and above mobilise resources to ensure social security. It addresses the overall question: what are the sources of income and other assets individuals have at their disposal to cushion themselves against poverty in old age? With the present economic decline and an increase in social assistance expenditure, the role of social security in reducing poverty becomes dominant. Social security is understood to serve as an instrument that protects one against income insecurity caused by possibilities such as maternity, unemployment, old age and death in the way of insurance. Social security covers people at different phases of their lives, including the old age pension. Individuals above the age of sixty receive a pension from the government that enhances other aspects of their wellbeing, including their health status. However, very little is known about the social security form. Hence, the focus is on the diversity of social security mechanisms among people aged sixty and above. The General Housing Survey data sets, conducted in 2016 and 2018, were used to prepare a quantitative cross-sectional analysis at two points in time, namely 2016 and 2018. To test the hypotheses, the following measurable variables for social security were explored: pension, social relief, old age grant, war veteran grant, social grant and grant in aid. The objective of the study is aimed to demonstrate that access to various forms of social security is associated with socio-demographic variables such as age, sex, province and participation in the labour force, to name but a few. A few implications are derived from the analysis of policy directives. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10566/16315 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | University of the Wstern Cape | |
| dc.subject | Elderly | |
| dc.subject | Old age pension | |
| dc.subject | Poverty | |
| dc.subject | Retirement | |
| dc.subject | Social protection | |
| dc.subject | Social security | |
| dc.subject | Welfare state. | |
| dc.title | Social security in the elderly population of South Africa (2017- 2018) | |
| dc.type | Thesis |