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- ItemPoverty and minimum income aspirations in South Africa between 2009 and 2015(2020-03) Khumalo, Ntsweleng Rodney; Horn, Anele; Stellenbosch University. Faculty of Arts and Social Studies. Dept. of Geography and Environmental Studies.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study examines the relationship between poverty and income aspirations in South Africa between 2009 and 2015. The study shows that as the income of households increases their need for higher income also increase. The aspirations gap of poor households were higher than those of not poor households. This indicates their need for higher income and also lack of financial resources when compared to the not poor households. The study shows that income aspirations are significantly and positively correlated with the extent of inequality. However, in a country with decreasing incidence of household poverty and inequality levels between 2009 and 2015 the influence of inequality on income aspirations decreased. As a result of declining incidence of household poverty and inequality levels, the importance of reference group income in determining income aspirations increased significantly.