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South Africa
childrens_living_arrangement
%
Country
NO SOURCE GIVEN
28.3%
Living with Both Parents
DHS 2016
i
Children living with both parents, Total for children < 18; ZA2016DHS: Statistics South Africa (STATS SA) - 2016
44.6%
Living with One Parent
DHS 2016
i
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
i
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
%
Effective
NO SOURCE GIVEN
children_living_without_bio
66.5%
Both Parents Alive
DHS 2016
20.6%
One Parent Dead
DHS 2016
12.9%
Both Parents Dead
DHS 2016
80.8%
Children with Both Parents Alive
DHS
12.4%
Children with One Parent Alive
DHS
3%
Children with Both Parents Dead
DHS
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This Doctoral Thesis explores whether children in South Africa who reside with their biological father have better health than children whose fathers live elsewhere.
In this article, the author, Gilles Virgili, calls for the inclusion of unaccompanied migrant children in the UN Sustainable Development Goals to be adopted by governments across the world in September.
This booklet was developed by Mamelani Projects, a community development organisation in South Africa. The booklet outlines Mamelani’s approach to Youth Development and providing transitional support to young people as they transition out of Child and Youth Care Centres (CYCCs).
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The aim of this research was to explore and describe the lived experiences of children living on the streets of Hillbrow, Johannesburg, with a focus on children’s mental health and wellbeing.
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This video provides instruction on the code of ethics and other standards of care for those who work in the field of Child and Youth Care.
This article from iOL news reports on recent changes to South Africa’s laws regarding foster care grants and child support grants.
This qualitative research explored perceptions, beliefs, and experiences of adoption and fostering among a national sample of childless adults, biological parents, kin and non-kin fostering parents and prospective and successful adopters.
This quantitative study of 575 South African children compared their resilience in terms of individual, family and community protective factors across seven sites, including child and youth care centres, schools in poor communities and schools in middle-class suburban communities.
This paper documents the results of a mapping exercise of the children’s sector in South Africa as of June 2014 to provide an information platform to inform Save the Children's strategic reflection and planning process.
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This document outlines Save the Children South Africa’s strategic ambitions for the period 2015 to 2020.
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