SASSA child support grant recipients by gender and sex of child, Digi Mart USA News (South Africa): The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) has released its September Social Assistance Report, which divides grant beneficiaries by age and gender. According to the publisher’s account of the data, mothers of sons access the Child Support Grant more than mothers of daughters.
By the end of September, SASSA was paying out 12.3 million Child Support Grants a month, with R3.58 billion paid to boys and R3.56 billion paid to girls. Sons account for 50.14% of beneficiaries, while daughters make up the remaining 49.86%.
Women account for 97.45% of Child Support Grant beneficiaries. Mothers or female guardians received most of the money, accounting for 6.93 million recipients, while 181,141 fathers or male guardians received the grants.
Based on these figures, women with sons receive roughly R3.49 billion a month, while women with daughters receive R3.47 billion, about R200 million less.
The report also shows boys make up most beneficiaries of the Care Development Grant, a R2,400 monthly grant for children with severe disabilities, accounting for 61.94% of its beneficiaries. SASSA shares only data on who receives payments, so a female recipient does not necessarily mean every beneficiary is a single mother.
By province, the Free State had the most equal split between male and female recipients, with men receiving 4.29% of Child Support Grant payments. Limpopo was the least equal, with men receiving 1.36% of grant payments.
