The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania

HIV/AIDS is drastically changing the demographic landscape in high-prevalence countries in Africa. The prime-age adult population bears the majority of the mortality burden. These missing prime-age adults have implications for the socioeconomic w...

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Main Authors: Adhvaryu, Achyuta R., Beegle, Kathleen
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-42312021-04-23T14:02:16Z The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania Adhvaryu, Achyuta R. Beegle, Kathleen ADULT MORBIDITY ADULT MORTALITY ADULT POPULATION AGE GROUPS AGE MORTALITY AGED AGING AIDS DEATHS AIDS EPIDEMIC CANCER CAREGIVERS CHILD CARE CHILDHOOD CULTURAL CHANGE DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACTS DEMOGRAPHY DEPENDENT CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DISEASE DYING ECONOMIC GROWTH ELDERLY ELDERLY MEN ELDERLY WOMEN EPIDEMIC FAMILIES FAMILY MEMBERS FEMALE FEMALES GENDER GENDER DIMENSIONS GENDER INEQUALITIES HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH INDICATORS HEALTH OUTCOMES HIV HIV INFECTION HIV/AIDS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUSBANDS ILLNESS ILLNESSES IMPACT OF AIDS INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INHERITANCE INJURY LABOR SUPPLY LIFE EXPECTANCY MALARIA MALES MATERNAL MORTALITY MEDICINE MENTAL HEALTH MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES NATIONAL LAWS NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NUMBER OF CHILDREN OLD-AGE OLDER ADULTS OLDER MEN OLDER PEOPLE OLDER PERSONS OLDER WOMEN PARENTS PHYSICAL WORK POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION CONFERENCE POVERTY REDUCTION POWER PREMATURE ADULT MORTALITY PROGRESS REMITTANCE REMITTANCES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RESIDENCE STATUS RESPECT RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT SHARE OF WORK SOCIAL AFFAIRS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL STUDIES SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS SPOUSE SPOUSES TUBERCULOSIS VULNERABILITY WOMAN WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG ADULT YOUNG ADULTS HIV/AIDS is drastically changing the demographic landscape in high-prevalence countries in Africa. The prime-age adult population bears the majority of the mortality burden. These missing prime-age adults have implications for the socioeconomic well-being of surviving family members. This study uses a 13-year panel from Tanzania to examine the impacts of prime-age mortality on the time use and health outcomes of older adults, with a focus on long-run impacts and gender dimensions. Prime-age deaths are weakly associated with increases in working hours of older women when the deceased adult was co-resident in the household. The association is strongest when the deceased adult was living with the elderly individual at the time of death and for deaths in the distant past, suggesting that shorter-run studies may not capture the full extent of the consequences of adult mortality for survivors. Holding more assets seems to buffer older adults from having to work more after these shocks. Most health indicators are not worse for older adults when a prime-age household member died, although more distant adult deaths are associated with an increased probability of acute illness for the surviving elderly. For deaths of children who were not residing with their parents at baseline, the findings show no impact on hours worked or health outcomes. 2012-03-19T19:12:17Z 2012-03-19T19:12:17Z 2009-09-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090902155306 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4231 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5037,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP) CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa Tanzania
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topic ADULT MORBIDITY
ADULT MORTALITY
ADULT POPULATION
AGE GROUPS
AGE MORTALITY
AGED
AGING
AIDS DEATHS
AIDS EPIDEMIC
CANCER
CAREGIVERS
CHILD CARE
CHILDHOOD
CULTURAL CHANGE
DEATHS OF CHILDREN
DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACTS
DEMOGRAPHY
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASE
DYING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELDERLY
ELDERLY MEN
ELDERLY WOMEN
EPIDEMIC
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEMALE
FEMALES
GENDER
GENDER DIMENSIONS
GENDER INEQUALITIES
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HIV
HIV INFECTION
HIV/AIDS
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HUSBANDS
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMPACT OF AIDS
INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
INHERITANCE
INJURY
LABOR SUPPLY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MALARIA
MALES
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MEDICINE
MENTAL HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MORTALITY RATES
NATIONAL LAWS
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
OLD-AGE
OLDER ADULTS
OLDER MEN
OLDER PEOPLE
OLDER PERSONS
OLDER WOMEN
PARENTS
PHYSICAL WORK
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION CONFERENCE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER
PREMATURE ADULT MORTALITY
PROGRESS
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
RESIDENCE STATUS
RESPECT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SHARE OF WORK
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL STUDIES
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SPOUSE
SPOUSES
TUBERCULOSIS
VULNERABILITY
WOMAN
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG ADULT
YOUNG ADULTS
spellingShingle ADULT MORBIDITY
ADULT MORTALITY
ADULT POPULATION
AGE GROUPS
AGE MORTALITY
AGED
AGING
AIDS DEATHS
AIDS EPIDEMIC
CANCER
CAREGIVERS
CHILD CARE
CHILDHOOD
CULTURAL CHANGE
DEATHS OF CHILDREN
DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACTS
DEMOGRAPHY
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DISEASE
DYING
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ELDERLY
ELDERLY MEN
ELDERLY WOMEN
EPIDEMIC
FAMILIES
FAMILY MEMBERS
FEMALE
FEMALES
GENDER
GENDER DIMENSIONS
GENDER INEQUALITIES
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH INDICATORS
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HIV
HIV INFECTION
HIV/AIDS
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HUSBANDS
ILLNESS
ILLNESSES
IMPACT OF AIDS
INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
INHERITANCE
INJURY
LABOR SUPPLY
LIFE EXPECTANCY
MALARIA
MALES
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MEDICINE
MENTAL HEALTH
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MORTALITY RATES
NATIONAL LAWS
NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
NUMBER OF CHILDREN
OLD-AGE
OLDER ADULTS
OLDER MEN
OLDER PEOPLE
OLDER PERSONS
OLDER WOMEN
PARENTS
PHYSICAL WORK
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
POPULATION CONFERENCE
POVERTY REDUCTION
POWER
PREMATURE ADULT MORTALITY
PROGRESS
REMITTANCE
REMITTANCES
REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
RESIDENCE STATUS
RESPECT
RURAL AREAS
RURAL DEVELOPMENT
SHARE OF WORK
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL POLICY
SOCIAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SECURITY
SOCIAL STUDIES
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
SPOUSE
SPOUSES
TUBERCULOSIS
VULNERABILITY
WOMAN
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG ADULT
YOUNG ADULTS
Adhvaryu, Achyuta R.
Beegle, Kathleen
The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania
geographic_facet Africa
Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
East Africa
Tanzania
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5037,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)
description HIV/AIDS is drastically changing the demographic landscape in high-prevalence countries in Africa. The prime-age adult population bears the majority of the mortality burden. These missing prime-age adults have implications for the socioeconomic well-being of surviving family members. This study uses a 13-year panel from Tanzania to examine the impacts of prime-age mortality on the time use and health outcomes of older adults, with a focus on long-run impacts and gender dimensions. Prime-age deaths are weakly associated with increases in working hours of older women when the deceased adult was co-resident in the household. The association is strongest when the deceased adult was living with the elderly individual at the time of death and for deaths in the distant past, suggesting that shorter-run studies may not capture the full extent of the consequences of adult mortality for survivors. Holding more assets seems to buffer older adults from having to work more after these shocks. Most health indicators are not worse for older adults when a prime-age household member died, although more distant adult deaths are associated with an increased probability of acute illness for the surviving elderly. For deaths of children who were not residing with their parents at baseline, the findings show no impact on hours worked or health outcomes.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Adhvaryu, Achyuta R.
Beegle, Kathleen
author_facet Adhvaryu, Achyuta R.
Beegle, Kathleen
author_sort Adhvaryu, Achyuta R.
title The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania
title_short The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania
title_full The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania
title_fullStr The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania
title_sort long-run impacts of adult deaths on older household members in tanzania
publishDate 2012
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