The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4361579 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Achyuta Adhvaryu (Yale University), Achyuta R Adhvaryu, Kathleen Beegle (0000-0002-7080-7411) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 60 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 245-277 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Economic Development and Cultural Change (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0013-0079 • E-ISSN: 1539-2988 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/662577 |
| PMID | 25339779 |
| PMCID | PMC4203381 |
| OpenAlex | W2012919051 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 18 |
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, and 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 coresident 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 has 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
Environmental health · Geography · Population · Socioeconomic status · Tanzania · Young adult · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2020 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |