May, Julian Douglas.Roberts, Benjamin.2012-06-042012-06-0420002000http://hdl.handle.net/10413/5388Thesis (M.Sc.U.R.P.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2000.This article examines the rationale for a dynamic perspective of poverty in South Africa and analyses the magnitude and characteristics of those in chronic versus transitory poverty using data from the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study. The results show that the incidence and depth of poverty have increased steadily between 1993 and 1998, a trend that is pronounced in rural localities and for female-headed households. Though the majority of households (30.7%) were found to be experiencing transitory poverty, a significant proportion of households, in lieu of the expected small minority suggested by previous empirical research, were chronically poor.enPoverty--KwaZulu-Natal.KwaZulu-Natal--Economic conditions--1994-KwaZulu-Natal--Social conditions--1994-Theses--Town and regional planning.Thesis