Paying the Piper: The High Cost of Funerals in South Africa
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Paying the Piper: The High Cost of Funerals in South Africa.
We analyze funeral arrangements following the deaths of 3,751 people who died between January 2003 and December 2005 in the Africa Centre Demographic Surveillance Area. We find that, on average, households spend the equivalent of a year's income for an adult's funeral, measured at median per capita African (Black) income. Approximately one-quarter of all individuals had some form of insurance, ...
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We analyze funeral arrangements following the deaths of 3,751 people who died between January 2003 and December 2005 in the Africa Centre Demographic Surveillance Area. We find that, on average, households spend the equivalent of a year’s income for an adult's funeral, measured at median per capita African (Black) income. Approximately one-quarter of all individuals had some form of insurance, ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Economic Development and Cultural Change
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0013-0079,1539-2988
DOI: 10.1086/671712