Babies for Bling: Are teenage girls having children to access grants?

This is a story that is often told: a young woman from a poor family has had a baby so that she can access the child support grant. Then, instead of spending the money on her family, she dumps the baby with her mother or aunt. She uses the grant to buy trendy clothes, beauty treatments and booze. Th...

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Autors principals: Hodes, R, Toska, E, Gittings, L
Format: Journal article
Publicat: Southern African HIV Clinicians Society 2016