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. The authors examine marriage outcomes for a sample of children interviewed in Tanzania in the early 1990s and re-interviewed in 2004. They 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

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Krutikova, Sofya, Beegle, Kathleen
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2007-02
Subjects:	ADOLESCENT, ADOLESCENT MARRIED WOMEN, ADULT MORTALITY, AGE AT MARRIAGE, AGE GROUPS, AGE OF MARRIAGE, CENTER FOR POPULATION, CHILD FOSTERING, CHILD HEALTH, CHILDHOOD, CONTRACTING AIDS, CULTURAL CHANGE, DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACT, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DISEASES, DOMESTIC WORKLOAD, DOUBLE ORPHAN, DOUBLE ORPHANS, EARLY MARRIAGE, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EPIDEMIC, EXTENDED FAMILIES, FAMILY FORMATION, FAMILY MEMBERS, FAMILY PLANNING, FATHERS, FEMALES, FERTILITY, FERTILITY PATTERNS, FEWER CHILDREN, FIRST MARRIAGE, FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS, HEALTH RISKS, HIV, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD NUMBER, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, ILLNESS, IMPACT OF AIDS, IMPACT ON CHILDREN, IMPACT ON FERTILITY, INFANT, INFANT MORTALITY, INFECTIONS, LABOR SHORTAGES, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LIVES OF WOMEN, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MALE HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD, MALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, MARITAL STATUS, MIGRATION, MORTALITY DECLINE, MOTHER, MOTHERS, OLDER CHILDREN, ORPHAN, ORPHAN ESTIMATES, ORPHANHOOD, ORPHANS, PARENTAL DEATH, PARENTS, PATERNAL ORPHAN, PATERNAL ORPHANS, POLICY RESEARCH, POLICY RESEARCH DIVISION, POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER, POOR GIRLS, POPULATION COUNCIL, POPULATION DIVISION, POPULATION ESTIMATES, POPULATION RESEARCH, PREGNANCY, PRIMARY EDUCATION, PRIMARY SCHOOLING, PRIOR TO MARRIAGE, PROGRESS, QUALITY OF LIFE, RURAL DISTRICT, SEX, SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, VULNERABILITY, WOMAN, YOUNG ADULTS, YOUNG AGE, YOUNG MEN, YOUNG PEOPLE, YOUNG PERSON, YOUNG WOMEN, YOUNGER MOTHERS,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2007/02/7396800/adult-mortality-childrens-transition-marriage https://hdl.handle.net/10986/7158
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