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Article: Does biological relatedness affect survival?
Title | Does biological relatedness affect survival? |
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Keywords | AIDS/HIV Child survival Orphans |
Issue Date | 2003 |
Citation | Demographic Research, 2003, v. 8, p. 261-278 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Objective: We studied child survival in Rakai, Uganda where many children are fostered out or orphaned. Methods: Biological relatedness is measured as the average of the Wright's coefficients between each household member and the child. Instrumental variables for fostering include proportion of adult males in household, age and gender of household head. Control variables include socioeconomic status (SES), religion, polygyny, household size, child age, child birth size, and child HIV status. Results: Presence of both parents in the household increased the odds of survival by 28%. After controlling for the endogeneity of child placement decisions in a multivariate model we found that lower biological relatedness of a child was associated with statistically significant reductions in child survival. The effects of biological relatedness on child survival tend to be stronger for both HIV- and HIV+ children of HIV+ mothers. Conclusions: Reductions in the numbers of close relatives caring for children of HIV+ mothers reduce child survival. © 2003 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326698 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.1 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.028 |
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dc.contributor.author | Bishai, David | - |
dc.contributor.author | Suliman, El Daw | - |
dc.contributor.author | Brahmbhatt, Heena | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wabwire-Mangen, Fred | - |
dc.contributor.author | Kigozi, Godfrey | - |
dc.contributor.author | Sewankambo, Nelson | - |
dc.contributor.author | Serwadda, David | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wawer, Maria | - |
dc.contributor.author | Gray, Ron | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-03-31T05:25:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2023-03-31T05:25:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Demographic Research, 2003, v. 8, p. 261-278 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1435-9871 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/326698 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Objective: We studied child survival in Rakai, Uganda where many children are fostered out or orphaned. Methods: Biological relatedness is measured as the average of the Wright's coefficients between each household member and the child. Instrumental variables for fostering include proportion of adult males in household, age and gender of household head. Control variables include socioeconomic status (SES), religion, polygyny, household size, child age, child birth size, and child HIV status. Results: Presence of both parents in the household increased the odds of survival by 28%. After controlling for the endogeneity of child placement decisions in a multivariate model we found that lower biological relatedness of a child was associated with statistically significant reductions in child survival. The effects of biological relatedness on child survival tend to be stronger for both HIV- and HIV+ children of HIV+ mothers. Conclusions: Reductions in the numbers of close relatives caring for children of HIV+ mothers reduce child survival. © 2003 Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Demographic Research | - |
dc.subject | AIDS/HIV | - |
dc.subject | Child survival | - |
dc.subject | Orphans | - |
dc.title | Does biological relatedness affect survival? | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.4054/DemRes.2003.8.9 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-2942735083 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 8 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 261 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 278 | - |