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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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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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 |
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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 |
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Africa Africa Sub-Saharan Africa East Africa Tanzania |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5037,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change
Program (KCP) |
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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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Adhvaryu, Achyuta R. Beegle, Kathleen |
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Adhvaryu, Achyuta R. Beegle, Kathleen |
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Adhvaryu, Achyuta R. |
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The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania |
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The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania |
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The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania |
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The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania |
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The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania |
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long-run impacts of adult deaths on older household members in tanzania |
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2012 |
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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 |
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