Description: Orphanhood and the Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Orphanhood and the Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child health...

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Main Authors:	Beegle, Kathleen, Filmer, Deon, Stokes, Andrew, Tiererova, Lucia
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCOUNT ADULT MORTALITY AIDS EPIDEMIC AIDS ORPHANS CARE FOR CHILDREN CARE FOR ORPHANS CAREGIVERS CAREGIVERS OF ORPHANS CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD FOSTERING CHILD HEALTH CHILDREN UNDER AGE CIVILIAN POPULATION DECLINE IN FERTILITY DISTRIBUTION OF CHILDREN DOUBLE ORPHAN DOUBLE ORPHANHOOD DOUBLE ORPHANS EARLY MARRIAGE ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION SYSTEMS EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ENROLLMENT EPIDEMIC EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTENDED FAMILY EXTENDED FAMILY SAFETY NET EXTENDED FAMILY SYSTEM FAMILY MEMBER FAMILY MEMBERS FERTILITY PATTERNS FEWER CHILDREN FOSTER CHILDREN GENOCIDE GIRLS GLOBAL AIDS EPIDEMIC HIV HIV TESTING HIV/AIDS HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUSBANDS LIFE EXPECTANCY LIMITED RESOURCES LIVING STANDARDS LOW PREVALENCE MAJORITY OF CHILDREN MATERNAL ORPHANS MATRILINEAL KIN MOTHER NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUMBER OF ORPHANS OLD-AGE OLDER ADULTS OLDER CHILDREN OLDER PERSONS ORPHAN ORPHAN CARE ORPHAN CRISIS ORPHAN POPULATION ORPHAN STATUS ORPHANHOOD PANDEMIC PARENTAL DEATH PATERNAL ORPHAN PATERNAL ORPHANS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION STUDIES PREVALENCE RATE PREVALENCE RATES PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES QUALITY CARE REGISTRATION SYSTEMS REMITTANCES REPRODUCTIVE LIVES RESIDENCE STATUS RESPECT SCHOOLING SOCIAL SCIENCE SPILLOVER SPOUSE STREET CHILDREN TRADITIONAL SAFETY TRADITIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS TRAUMA UNAIDS VULNERABILITY VULNERABLE CHILDREN YOUNG AGE YOUTH
Online Access:	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000112742_20090724110307 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4203

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Summary:	Increasing adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa raises considerable concerns about the welfare of surviving children. Studies have found substantial variability across countries in the negative impacts of orphanhood on child health and education. One hypothesis for this variability is the resilience of the extended family network in some countries to care for orphans-networks under increasing pressure by the sheer number of orphans in many settings. Using household survey data from 21 countries in Africa, this study examines trends in orphanhood and living arrangements, and the links between the two. The findings confirm that orphanhood is increasing, although not all countries are experiencing rapid rises. In many countries, there has been a shift toward grandparents taking on increased childcare responsibility-especially where orphan rates are growing rapidly. This suggests some merit to the claim that the extended network is narrowing, focusing on grandparents who are older and may be less able to financially support orphans than working-age adults. However there are also changes in childcare patterns in countries with stable orphan rates or low HIV prevalence. This suggests future work on living arrangements should not exclude low HIV/AIDS prevalence countries, and explanations for changes should include a broader set of factors.

Orphanhood and the Living Arrangements of Children in Sub-Saharan Africa

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