A lower-income worker without family nearby may still have communal support. Support networks are the bread and butter in Africa. You are not going to make it far if you do not know a lot of people to trade favours with. Loners will be regarded with deep suspicion. For example, if I had shown up to the bride price ceremony without family, my wife’s family might not have agreed to the marriage.
That said, a lower-income worker without family nearby may not be able to “afford” child care and esp. not full-time house help. I’d expect that to be a relatively rare case, though.
A lower-income worker without family nearby may still have communal support. Support networks are the bread and butter in Africa. You are not going to make it far if you do not know a lot of people to trade favours with. Loners will be regarded with deep suspicion. For example, if I had shown up to the bride price ceremony without family, my wife’s family might not have agreed to the marriage.
That said, a lower-income worker without family nearby may not be able to “afford” child care and esp. not full-time house help. I’d expect that to be a relatively rare case, though.