title: Poverty, disability and self-reported health amongst residents and migrants in Gauteng, South Africa.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present study was to assess the relative importance of individual- and household-level indicators of poverty to the self-reported health of residents and recent migrants in South Africa's most urbanised province (Gauteng).
  
  
  METHODS
  Univariate and multivariable statistical analyses were undertaken on data from the 2014 Quality of Life household survey undertaken by the Gauteng City Regional Observatory. The survey generated data on a representative sample of n = 27 490 respondents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  At the individual-level the odds for disability or health-limiting work/social activities was significantly lower amongst younger, better educated and employed respondents, and amongst both transnational and internal migrants. At the household-level, the absence of some basic services and household assets (particularly mains electricity, telecommunications and a television) were significantly associated with a lower odds of health-limiting work/social activities.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Variation in sociodemographic and economic predictors of self-reported health at the individual- and household-level partly explain the lower odds of disability and health-limiting work/social activities of migrants, since migrants were less likely to be disabled and tended to be younger, with higher educational attainment and better employment status than residents, yet were also more likely to be living in households with fewer services and assets.
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Anthropological Research, University of Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa ;|b Health Outcomes of Migration Events (HOME) Worldwide Universities Network, Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Medicine, University of Leeds , Leeds , UK.
authors.forename: George T H
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Ellison
authors.affiliation: a Centre for Anthropological Research, University of Johannesburg , Gauteng , South Africa ;
authors.forename: Thea
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Wet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D057566:Self Report; D013019:South Africa; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Migrant; South Africa; poverty