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While South Africa is rich in minerals, it is still facing many socio-economic challenges such as; high unemployment rates, poverty, social inequality, and inadequate public service access. To date, those challenges continue to grip South Africans and affect their quality of life.
What are some examples of socio-economic issues?
Socioeconomic status, whether assessed by income, education, or occupation, is linked to a wide range of health problems, including low birthweight, cardiovascular disease, hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, and cancer.
What are the five socio-economic issues?
Introduction. This paper provides a review of six key socio-economic challenges that face South Africa.
What are the causes of socio-economic issues?
Low domestic savings, inadequate levels of foreign direct investment, crime, labour market rigidities, low skill levels, and restrictive monetary and fiscal policies are invariably put forward as causal factors by economists and other social commentators.
What is socio-economic life?
Socioeconomic status is the social standing or class of an individual or group. It is often measured as a combination of education, income and occupation. Examinations of socioeconomic status often reveal inequities in access to resources, plus issues related to privilege, power and control.
What are the socio-economic indicators?
SOCIO-ECONOMIC INDICATORS 2. Socio-economic indicators provide a background to understanding the health scenario in a country. This section on Socio-economic indicators provides data on education, gender, poverty, housing, amenities, employment and other economic indicators.
What are three socio-economic factors?
Socio-economic factors include occupation, education, income, wealth and where someone lives.