South Africa

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Children's Living Arrangements

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Country
 
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28.3%
Living with Both Parents
 
DHS 2016
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Children living with both parents, Total for children < 18; ZA2016DHS: Statistics South Africa (STATS SA) - 2016
44.6%
Living with One Parent
 
DHS 2016
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Children living with mother, father alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with mother, father dead, Total for children < 18; Children living with father, mother alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with father, mother dead, Total for children < 18; ZA2016DHS: Statistics South Africa (STATS SA) - 2016
23.3%
Living with Neither Parent
 
DHS 2016
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Children living with neither parent, both alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, mother alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, father alive, Total for children < 18; Children living with neither parent, both dead, Total for children < 18; ZA2016DHS: Statistics South Africa (STATS SA) - 2016
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Effective
 
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Children Living Without Biological Parents

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66.5%
Both Parents Alive
 
DHS 2016
20.6%
One Parent Dead
 
DHS 2016
12.9%
Both Parents Dead
 
DHS 2016

Parental Survivorship

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80.8%
Children with Both Parents Alive
 
DHS
12.4%
Children with One Parent Alive
 
DHS
3%
Children with Both Parents Dead
 
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Lucy Jamieson & Linda Richter - South African Child Gauge 2017,

This essay critically engages with the 2030 Global Agenda and assesses the potential of the SDGs to transform our world to enable all children – regardless of race, gender, ability, or social background – to not only survive but thrive.

Laura Van Raemdonck & Mariam Seedat‐Khan - Child & Family Social Work,

This paper adopts a qualitative case study on the generalist service delivery model of I‐Care, a Durban‐based non‐governmental organization that works with male street children.

Adrian D. van Breda & Lisa Dickens - Children and Youth Services Review,

This article draws on data from the only longitudinal study on care-leaving in South Africa. It uses resilience theory to explain the differences observed in independent living outcomes of care-leavers, one year after leaving the residential care of Girls and Boys Town.

Lisa Dickens - Child & Family Social Work,

This article describes the 1‐year outcomes of youth transitioning out of a residential care facility in South Africa.

Lisa Dickens - Child & Family Social Work,

This article describes the 1‐year outcomes of youth transitioning out of a residential care facility in South Africa.

Candice Fortune - The Post ,

High numbers of children in kinship care in South Africa are putting a strain on the foster care system due to the intensive supervision required in order for families to receive the Foster Care Grant. 

Tiffany Ann Breckenridge, Christine Black-Hughes, John Rautenbach, Michelle McKinley - International Social Work,

This qualitative study explores 49 orphaned children who were observed in a non-governmental organization group setting in a small, rural village located in Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Jamie M. Lachman, Lucie Cluver, Catherine L. Ward, Judy Hutchings, Sindisiwe Mlotshwa, Inge Wessels, Frances Gardner - Child Abuse & Neglect,

This study is the first randomized controlled trial design to rigorously test the effectiveness of a parenting program on reducing the risk of child maltreatment in sub-Saharan Africa using both observational and self-report assessments.

Morgan Morris - IOL News,

A Kinship Care Grant has been proposed in South Africa due to a strained child protection system in the country. 

Fatima Ipeleng Mmusi & Adrian D.van Breda - Children and Youth Services Review,

This qualitative study investigates how a sample of male care-leavers from Girls and Boys Town South Africa transferred these social skills into independent living.