Demography of Poverty and Inequality in South Africa

Contrary to the common practice of using income or expenditure data to measure and study patterns of poverty in a population, this study uses a composite index of household assets and capabilities data-hereafter called the assets and capabilities index (ACI). The ACI examines levels and trends of assets and capabilities poverty (ACP) for provinces, district councils (DCs), and local municipalities of South Africa during the period 1996 to 2007.