This paper provides an overview of the arguments for the central role of families, defined
very broadly, and we emphasise the importance of efforts to strengthen families to support …

The family in South Africa does not present uniform characteristics. It exhibits features that
are dissimilar in terms of structure, form, role and functions. It has also been assumed to …

Aim: This paper examines financial, emotional, and physical responsibilities elderly women
are being asked to take on due to the incapacity of their adult children to care for the next …

Mainstream research and the popular media often equate female-headship with household
vulnerability, crisis, and disorganization. Epidemic levels of HIV/AIDS in some parts of sub …

This chapter gives an overview of children's living arrangements in South Africa, drawing
mainly on household surveys. It draws attention to the diversity of family forms and living …

There is widespread concern that the number of children living in “child-headed
households” is rapidly increasing as a result of AIDS-related adult mortality in much of sub …

This Research Note proposes a rationale, and offers a set of initial parameters, for an explicit
effort to forge a policy and scientifically relevant family gerontology for Africa. It builds on a …

Witchcraft and a Life in the New South Africa reconstructs the biography of an ordinary South
African, Jimmy Mohale. Born in 1964, Jimmy came of age in rural South Africa during …

HIV is no longer a new or emerging disease in southern Africa. In the era of HIV and AIDS,
families and households have continued to form, build, migrate and dissolve. Children born …

Objective: To determine the association between adolescents' sense of coherence (SOC)
and their tooth‐brushing behaviour. Methods: This 18‐month longitudinal study involved a …