- Title
- Elderly whites in Grahamstown: a survey of their socio-economic characteristics, housing needs and preferences
- Title
- Occasional papers, no. 6
- Creator
- Watts, H L
- Subject
- Older people -- South Africa -- Grahamstown
- Date Issued
- 1962
- Date
- 1962
- Type
- Book
- Type
- Text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/2518
- Identifier
- vital:20300
- Description
- During 1960 a survey was made of the elderly White population of Grahamstown, and its characteristics. In particular, housing needs and preferences were investigated with a view to uncovering problems. Housing meets the basic need of man for shelter. Satisfactory housing provides not merely shelter alone, but meets important social, psychological and physical needs of the inhabitants. The situation in regard to the housing of the elderly must not be ignored, for as Tunbridge has pointed out, 'the need for adequate housing of the elderly is vital, because the added strain of living in unsuitable accommodation may precipitate disability and dependency'. The survey was undertaken by the Department of Sociology of Rhodes University. Structured interviews were conducted with a probability cluster sample of elderly Whites. The fieldwork was carried out on a part-time basis by twenty- five second-year Sociology students after an initial period of training. Generally people were most co-operative, and the elderly appreciated an interest being taken in their needs and preferences. Response was obtained from a total of 102, or 86.5 per cent of the persons aged 60+ years in the sample. Fuller details of the sampling design are given for the technical reader in Appendix B. The sample is considered to be free from major biases, and provides an estimate of the position prevailing in the total population of elderly Whites in Grahamstown.
- Description
- Digitised by Rhodes University Library on behalf of the Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER)
- Format
- 30 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University, Institute of Social and Economic Research
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Occasional papers, no. 6
- Rights
- Rhodes University
- Rights
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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