Thesis (MTech (Entrepreneurship))--Peninsula Technikon, Cape Town, 2002 / The scope and extent of home-based businesses and the determination of the method by
which the greater portion of household income is generated, in poor neighbourhoods, is the
crux of this study.
The study was undertaken among the 2245 households in the Kleinvlei sub-economic
housing area located in the Oostenberg municipal substructure within the Cape Metropole.
According to the municipal statistics the average income among these households is R75
(Rands 75) per month and the educational level of the population is of a low standard. A
random sample of500 households was the basis of the research data.
The size, necessity and importance of self-generated (business-derived) income in
augmenting primary employment-related (wage-based) earnings is the focus ofthis research
study. Declared sources of income are verified by measuring the percentage spent on
essential household goods and services. Ancillary objectives are determining the motivation
for starting these businesses as well as measuring household wealth (assets) through
observations.
The significance of this descriptive research is the determination of the relative contribution
Of business income and the magnitude of the levels of poverty. It provides the primary data
(base information) for policy formulation relating to social and economic development in this
sub-economic.
The results correlate with findings of national longitudinal studies. The level of job creation
through businesses is minimal and the extent of unemployment is much greater than
anticipated.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:cput/oai:localhost:20.500.11838/1791 |
| Date | January 2002 |
| Creators | Pick, Bernard |
| Publisher | Peninsula Technikon |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/za/ |
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