Characteristics associated with prime-age mortality in Eastern and Southern Africa : evidence from Zambia and Kenya

Chapoto, Antony | Jayne, T,S. | et al.

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This study attempts to shed light on these issues by reporting findings from two linked studies on the socioeconomic characteristics of prime-age individuals (defined as ages 15 to59) dying of disease-related causes in Zambia and Kenya. Longitudinal data from nationwide rural household surveys are analyzed using probit models to determine how the probability of individual mortality is affected by initial socioeconomic characteristics of individuals and their households. The survey periods covered in the two countries examined in this study (Zambia, 2000 to 2004 and Kenya, 1997 to 2004) makes the findings more recent than the studies in the 1980s which led to the generally accepted findings that AIDS-related mortality disproportionately afflicted individuals with relatively high incomes and educational attainment. Moreover, the panel nature of the data in this study provides the means to examine individual and household characteristics prior to mortality, which provides a more accurate picture than cross-sectional studies which measure socioeconomic attributes only after mortality has occurred.

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This publication synthesizes findings of assessments of constraints to data use conducted by MEASURE Evaluation and highlights recommendations for designing interventions to stimulate demand for and improve the use of data for decision making.

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 Adaptation Of Water Resources Management To Climate Change

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