This chapter explores a variety of areas in which demographic variables may play an important role in the distribution of income, introduces a host of demographic issues relating to marriage, fertility, and household living arrangementsusing the household as the unit of analysis. The chapter...

The democratic government in South Africa has developed a system of social grants to combat the high levels of poverty and inequality inherited from the apartheid regime. With the help of modest economic growth and an associated increase in per capita household income, the introduction and...