Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence on educational and health outcomes.

Autor/inn/en	Coneus, Katja; Mühlenweg, Andrea Maria
Titel	Orphans at risk in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evidence on educational and health outcomes.
Quelle	Mannheim: ZEW, Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (2011), 31 S., 211 KB PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (3); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (4) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	Discussion paper / ZEW. 11-008
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch; deutsche Zusammenfassung
Dokumenttyp	online; Monographie; Graue Literatur
URN	urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-31340
Schlagwörter	Bildungsniveau; Familiensoziologie; Kind; Gesundheit; Arbeitspapier; Waise; Subsahara-Afrika
Abstract	In this paper, we examine how orphanhood affects children's educational and health outcomes in eleven sub-Saharan African countries. Our analysis is based on a comparison of orphans and non-orphaned children living under the same conditions. We also examine the impacts of various family structures and compare social orphans (non-orphaned children not living with a biological parent) to orphans. Using household fixed-effects estimation, we provide evidence that children not living with a biological parent lag behind in education and are more often malnourished and stunted. Educational gaps are particularly evident among orphans and social orphans not living with a mother. The effect of paternal death or absence is rather modest in most countries.
Erfasst von	ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Kiel
Update	2011/4