Quality of life in Grahamstown, East London and Mdantsane: preliminary result

Helliker, Kirk D; Bekker, Simon; Lambie, Eileen

Title: Quality of life in Grahamstown, East London and Mdantsane: preliminary result
Creator: Helliker, Kirk D
Creator: Bekker, Simon
Creator: Lambie, Eileen
Date Issued: 2012
Date: 2012
Type: text
Type: article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/144756
Identifier: vital:38376
Identifier: DOI: 10.1080/02580144.1981.10428933
Description: A quality of life survey amongst residents of three Eastern Cape towns, viz. Grahamstown, East London, and Mdantsane, shows that the attitudes to home and neighbourhood which urban residents in the Eastern Cape develop, are fashioned in large part by both the residential “group area” in which these urban dwellers live, and by their socio-economic status. White residents, overwhelmingly, are satisfied with their diets, their municipality, their homes. They feel safe in their homes and are satisfied that police protection is available if needed. For black residents fear of poverty and unemployment, of physical violence, and dissatisfaction with an inadequate diet is widespread. Indian and coloured urban residents who are generally perceived as minorities in Grahamstown and East London, occupy an intermediate position. Their residential areas are sited close to predominantly low income black residential areas. Higher income Indian and coloured households show lower rates of dissatisfaction with diet, housing, and municipal services than the black community.
Format: 17 pages
Format: pdf
Language: English
Relation: South African Journal of Sociology
Relation: Bekker, S., Helliker, K. and Lambie, E., 1981. Quality of life in Grahamstown, East London and Mdantsane: Preliminary result. South African Journal of Sociology, 12(1), pp.48-64.
Relation: South African Journal of Sociology volume 12 number 1 48 64 May 2012 2072-1978
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