It seems that demographers in south Africa report on family statistics (marriage, family forms etc.) by 'race' - does this assume that partners and families are racially homogenous? How do we account for mixed-race partners or famiies? So, for instance if a White woman and Black man get divorces, how is this counted?
hi I am not sure that they do.
Demographers is a wide term. Suggest that you narrow it down by study until you find out how mixed race partnerships are defined.
You will have to look at the definitions of Mixed race in each study. Look at Statistics SA and see if this is used. I don't thinks so though.
Look at census data that is quite detailed.
regards
Vicki
Thanks Victoria. I spoke to a colleague about this. I was interested in the demographic stats presented in the White Paper on Families. He said that the percentage of such unions is so small that it is not included in the reporting. The stats are collected by DoHA apparently, but I'm not sure if captured in the census.
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