Income, health, and well-being in rural Malawi
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2636574 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Brian Chin (0000-0001-5797-4242, University City Science Center, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 35 |
| Pages | 997-1030 |
| Publication date | 2010-11-19 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Demographic Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1435-9871 • E-ISSN: 2363-7064 |
| Publisher | Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.4054/demres.2010.23.35 |
| PMID | 21359133 |
| OpenAlex | W2017854361 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 20 |
| References cited | 60 |
This paper attempts to isolate the causal link of income on health status and subjective well-being for the rural population in Malawi using three waves of household panel data spanning the period 2004-2008 from the Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP) and the Malawi Longitudinal Study of Families and Health (MLSFH). Malawi is a low-income country with high background morbidity and mortality, as well as an AIDS epidemic, high fertility, and poor reproductive health. Instrumental variables and fixed effects strategies are used to try to address endogeneity of the income to health relationship. The analyses show that a 10% increase in income improves mean general health status of rural Malawians by 1.0% and mean subjective well-being by 1.2
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Socioeconomics · Agricultural risk and resilience · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
Women’s Life Experiences and Shifting Reports of Pregnancy Planning
“It Is My Responsibility to Escort My Child to School …” Factors Influencing Parental Involvement in Educating Children with Disabilities in Malawi
Poverty and HIV/Aids in Africa
Does Multidimensional Poverty Affect Depression? Evidence from Peru
Religion and Health in Rural Malawi
The effects of negative economic shocks at birth on adolescents’ cognitive outcomes and educational attainment in Malawi
Migration and health at older age in rural Malawi
Reducing Child Undernutrition
Does poverty reduce mental health? An instrumental variable analysis
The worse the better? Quantile treatment effects of a conditional cash transfer programme on mental health
Living arrangements and health at older ages in rural Malawi
I can teach what’s in the book”
The Implications for Health, Depression, and Life Satisfaction from a Permanent Increase in Income for the Disadvantaged Elderly
Socio-economic resources and adult mental health in Canada
Characteristics Associated With Migration Among Older Women and Men in Rural Malawi
Subjective Happiness, Health and Quality of Life and Their Sociocultural Correlates among Younger Population in Malawi
Les déterminants de l'auto-évaluation de la santé à Dakar. Une étude anthropo-biologique exploratoire
Covid-19's death transfer to Sub-Saharan Africa
The Longitudinal Dynamics of Household Composition and Wealth in Rural Malawi
A test of the predictive validity of relative versus absolute income for self-reported health and well-being in the United States
The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700–2100
An Introduction to the Bootstrap
HIV infection does not disproportionately affect the poorer in sub-Saharan Africa
The TRMM Multisatellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA)
Beyond Money
Household Income and Child Schooling in Vietnam
Is poverty or wealth driving HIV transmission?
Global burden of depressive disorders in the year 2000
Long term consequences of early childhood malnutrition
Wealthier is Healthier
Effect of a nutrition intervention during early childhood on economic productivity in Guatemalan adults
Health and wages
An Analysis of the Impact of Sample Attrition on the Second Generation of Respondents in the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Testing Identifiability and Specification in Instrumental Variable Models
Testing for Weak Instruments in Linear IV Regression
A 12-Item Short-Form Health Survey
Instrumental Variables Regression with Weak Instruments
Population Matters
How Important to India's Poor Is the Sectoral Composition of Economic Growth
The Role of Medicine
A review of research on the happiness measures
The Importance of Social Intervention in Britain's Mortality Decline c .1850–1914
The Importance of Social Intervention in England's Mortality Decline
The effect of survey attrition in longitudinal surveys
Prices, infrastructure, household characteristics and child height
Child survival, height for age and household characteristics in Brazil
Constructing socio-economic status indices
Sex differences in morbidity and mortality
The gradient in sub-saharan Africa
Estimating wealth effects without expenditure data—or tears
Social networks and HIV/Aids risk perceptions
Economic Shocks and Civil Conflict
Disease and Development
Poverty and Household Size
The impact of public spending on health
The Determinants of Mortality
The Changing Relation between Mortality and level of Economic Development
Labor Effects of Adult Mortality in Tanzanian Households
The Escape from Hunger and Premature Death, 1700-2100
HIV/Aids and time allocation in rural Malawi
The Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project 2004-06
An Assessment of the KDICP and MDICP Data Quality
Introduction to 'Research on Demographic Aspects of HIV/Aids in Rural Africa
Attrition in Longitudinal Household Survey Data
Measuring Quality of Life
Assessing subjective well-being
| Unique citing works | 20 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1.67 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2024 (11) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 20 |