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    • An analysis of income and poverty in South Africa 

      Malherbe, Jeanine Elizabeth (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2007-03)
      The aim of this study is to assess the welfare of South Africa in terms of poverty and inequality. This is done using the Income and Expenditure Survey (IES) of 2000, released by Statistics South Africa, and reviewing ...

    • Comparison of methods to calculate measures of inequality based on interval data 

      Neethling, Willem Francois (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2015-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In recent decades, economists and sociologists have taken an increasing interest in the study of income attainment and income inequality. Many of these studies have used census data, but social surveys ...

    • Confidence intervals for estimators of welfare indices under complex sampling 

      Kirchoff, Retha (Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010-03)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The aim of this study is to obtain estimates and confidence intervals for welfare indices under complex sampling. It begins by looking at sampling in general with specific focus on complex sampling and ...

    • Statistical inference for inequality measures based on semi-parametric estimators 

      Kpanzou, Tchilabalo Abozou (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011-12)
      ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Measures of inequality, also used as measures of concentration or diversity, are very popular in economics and especially in measuring the inequality in income or wealth within a population and ...

    • Statistical inference of the multiple regression analysis of complex survey data 

      Luus, Retha (Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2016-12)
      ENGLISH SUMMARY : The quality of the inferences and results put forward from any statistical analysis is directly dependent on the correct method used at the analysis stage. Most survey data analyzed in practice riginate ...