| Fosterage patterns in the age of AIDS: continuity and change S Madhavan Social science & medicine 58 (7), 1443-1454, 2004 | 414 | 2004 |
| Strengthening families to support children affected by HIV and AIDS LM Richter, L Sherr, M Adato, M Belsey, U Chandan, C Desmond, ... AIDS care 21 (sup1), 3-12, 2009 | 202 | 2009 |
| ‘Absent breadwinners’: Father–child connections and paternal support in rural South Africa S Madhavan, NW Townsend, AI Garey Journal of southern African studies 34 (3), 647-663, 2008 | 188 | 2008 |
| Female-headed households contending with AIDS-related hardship in rural South Africa E Schatz, S Madhavan, J Williams Health & place 17 (2), 598-605, 2011 | 186 | 2011 |
| Women's social networks and child survival in Mali AM Adams, S Madhavan, D Simon Social science & medicine 54 (2), 165-178, 2002 | 179 | 2002 |
| Best of friends and worst of enemies: competition and collaboration in polygyny S Madhavan Ethnology, 69-84, 2002 | 156 | 2002 |
| Women's networks and the social world of fertility behavior S Madhavan, A Adams, D Simon International family planning perspectives, 58-68, 2003 | 122 | 2003 |
| Coping with change: Household structure and composition in rural South Africa, 1992—20031 S Madhavan, EJ Schatz Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 35 (69_suppl), 85-93, 2007 | 119 | 2007 |
| Children's residence patterns and educational attainment in rural South Africa, 1997 N Townsend, S Madhavan, S Tollman, M Garenne, K Kahn Population Studies 56 (2), 215-225, 2002 | 113 | 2002 |
| Bridges to nowhere: Hosts, migrants, and the chimera of social capital in three African cities S Madhavan, LB Landau Population and Development Review 37 (3), 473-497, 2011 | 110 | 2011 |
| A systematic review on the meaning of the concept ‘AIDS Orphan’: confusion over definitions and implications for care L Sherr, R Varrall, J Mueller, L Richter, A Wakhweya, M Adato, M Belsey, ... AIDS care 20 (5), 527-536, 2008 | 109 | 2008 |
| The social context of children's nutritional status in rural South Africa 1 S Madhavan, N Townsend Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 35 (69_suppl), 107-117, 2007 | 109 | 2007 |
| Child mobility, maternal status, and household composition in rural South Africa S Madhavan, E Schatz, S Clark, M Collinson Demography 49 (2), 699-718, 2012 | 101 | 2012 |
| Who helps single mothers in Nairobi? The role of kin support S Clark, S Madhavan, C Cotton, D Beguy, C Kabiru Journal of Marriage and Family 79 (4), 1186-1204, 2017 | 99 | 2017 |
| Fathers’ financial support of children in a low income community in South Africa S Madhavan, L Richter, S Norris, V Hosegood Journal of family and economic issues 35 (4), 452-463, 2014 | 94 | 2014 |
| Dependent or productive? A new approach to understanding the social positioning of older South Africans through living arrangements E Schatz, S Madhavan, M Collinson, FX Gómez-Olivé, M Ralston Research on Aging 37 (6), 581-605, 2015 | 89 | 2015 |
| Securing fatherhood through kin work: A comparison of black low-income fathers and families in South Africa and the United States S Madhavan, K Roy Journal of family issues 33 (6), 801-822, 2012 | 87 | 2012 |
| Household context and child mortality in rural South Africa: the effects of birth spacing, shared mortality, household composition and socio-economic status B Houle, A Stein, K Kahn, S Madhavan, M Collinson, SM Tollman, ... International journal of epidemiology 42 (5), 1444-1454, 2013 | 79 | 2013 |
| Understanding fatherhood and father involvement in South Africa: Insights from surveys and population cohorts V Hosegood, S Madhavan Fathering 10 (3), 257, 2012 | 79 | 2012 |
| Data availability on men's involvement in families in sub‐Saharan Africa to inform family‐centred programmes for children affected by HIV and AIDS V Hosegood, S Madhavan Journal of the International AIDS Society 13, S5-S5, 2010 | 77 | 2010 |