A Measure of poverty: A PDL perspective of Durban Black urban and fringe-urban households

The purpose of the study is to examine income and expenditure patterns of a sample of households located in sectors of black urban townships and informal 'squatter' settlements on the perimeters of metropolitan Durban. Calculates via survey a PDL (Poverty Datum Line) and examines this as well as the validity of Household Subsistence Level (HSL)

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Social Science