Adult mortality and children's transition into marriage

Adult mortality and children's transition into marriage

Adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways. On top of health and education outcomes, adult mortality can have significant effects on children by influencing demographic outcomes including the timing of marriage. This paper examines m...

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Main Authors: Sofya Krutikova, Kathleen Beegle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2008-09-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/42/
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spelling doaj-00044c75a6ac4b51a11bfbb7b9ddf05b2020-11-24T20:49:09ZengMax Planck Institute for Demographic ResearchDemographic Research1435-98712008-09-011942Adult mortality and children's transition into marriageSofya KrutikovaKathleen BeegleAdult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways. On top of health and education outcomes, adult mortality can have significant effects on children by influencing demographic outcomes including the timing of marriage. This paper examines marriage outcomes for a sample of children interviewed in Tanzania in the early 1990s and re-interviewed in 2004. We find that while girls who became paternal orphans married at significantly younger ages, orphanhood had little effect on boys. On the other hand, non-parental deaths in the household affect the timing of marriage for boys.http://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol19/42/
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Adult mortality and children's transition into marriage
Demographic Research
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title_short Adult mortality and children's transition into marriage
title_full Adult mortality and children's transition into marriage
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publisher Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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publishDate 2008-09-01
description Adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways. On top of health and education outcomes, adult mortality can have significant effects on children by influencing demographic outcomes including the timing of marriage. This paper examines marriage outcomes for a sample of children interviewed in Tanzania in the early 1990s and re-interviewed in 2004. We find that while girls who became paternal orphans married at significantly younger ages, orphanhood had little effect on boys. On the other hand, non-parental deaths in the household affect the timing of marriage for boys.
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