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Title Disability among the Children of Migrants in South Africa
Full text http://www.bioline.org.br/abstract?id=ep04039; http://hdl.handle.net/1807/5830
Date 2004
Author(s) Thomas, Kevin J. A.
Abstract This study describes the relationship between child disability and parental migration status in South Africa. The results indicate that though the children of immigrants were generally less likely to be disabled than those of the native-born population, the immigrant advantage was significant only among the children of immigrants from countries that are not a part of the South African Development Community (SADC). Additionally, the children of South African-born internal migrants were more likely to be disabled than the children of South African-born non-migrants. The study also examines school enrolment among disabled children. Our results show that disabled children of immigrants were more likely to graduate from secondary school at younger ages than were the disabled children of internal migrants and non-migrants. However, the disabled children of recent SADC immigrants were less likely to be enrolled in schools than those of native-born South Africans.
Language en; en_US
Publisher Union for African Population Studies
Relation http://www.uaps.org; http://www.bioline.org.br/ep
Type of publication journal
Format 248092 bytes; application/pdf
Rights Copyright 2004 - Union for African Population Studies
Identifier African Population Studies (ISSN: 0850-5780) Vol 19 Num sa
Repository Toronto - University of Toronto
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