Ethnic Residential Patterns as Predictors of Intra-Urban Child Mortality Inequality in Accra, Ghana
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11670501 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John R Weeks (0000-0002-3975-2918, San Diego State University, corresponding author), Allan G Hill (0000-0002-4418-0379, Harvard University Press), Arthur Getis (San Diego State University), Douglas Stow (San Diego State University) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 526-548 |
| Publication date | 2006-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Urban Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0272-3638 • E-ISSN: 1938-2847 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.2747/0272-3638.27.6.526 |
| PMID | 19816546 |
| OpenAlex | W2087081698 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 38 |
As cities of developing nations absorb an increasing fraction of the world's population increase, questions have arisen about the potential for emerging inequalities in health within places that are already suffering from inadequate infrastructure. In this paper we explore the pattern of child mortality inequalities (as a proxy for overall health levels) within a large sub-Saharan African city-Accra, Ghana-and then we examine the extent to which existing residential patterns by ethnicity may be predictive of any observed intra-urban inequalities in child mortality. We find that the spatial variability in child mortality in Accra is especially associated with the pattern of residential separation of the Ga from other ethnic groups, with the Ga having higher levels of mortality than other ethnic groups. Being of Ga ethnicity exposes a woman and her children to characteristics of the places in Accra where the Ga live, in which one-room dwellings and poor infrastructure predominate. At the individual level, we find that regardless of where a woman lives, if she is of Ga ethnicity and/or is non-Christian, and if she is not married, her risks of having lost a child are elevated
Child mortality · Environmental health · Ethnic group · Geography · Inequality · Population · Proxy (statistics · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Urban and Rural Development Challenges · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,3 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2015 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |