The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania

Adhvaryu, Achyuta R.; Beegle, Kathleen

dc.creator	Adhvaryu, Achyuta R.
dc.creator	Beegle, Kathleen
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:12:17Z
dc.date	2012-03-19T19:12:17Z
dc.date	2009-09-01
dc.date.accessioned	2023-02-18T19:37:10Z
dc.date.available	2023-02-18T19:37:10Z
dc.identifier	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090902155306
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4231
dc.identifier.uri	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/249731
dc.description	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. 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 co-resident 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 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.
dc.language	English
dc.relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5037,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP)
dc.rights	CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights	World Bank
dc.subject	ADULT MORBIDITY
dc.subject	ADULT MORTALITY
dc.subject	ADULT POPULATION
dc.subject	AGE GROUPS
dc.subject	AGE MORTALITY
dc.subject	AGED
dc.subject	AGING
dc.subject	AIDS DEATHS
dc.subject	AIDS EPIDEMIC
dc.subject	CANCER
dc.subject	CAREGIVERS
dc.subject	CHILD CARE
dc.subject	CHILDHOOD
dc.subject	CULTURAL CHANGE
dc.subject	DEATHS OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHIC IMPACTS
dc.subject	DEMOGRAPHY
dc.subject	DEPENDENT CHILDREN
dc.subject	DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
dc.subject	DEVELOPMENT POLICY
dc.subject	DISEASE
dc.subject	DYING
dc.subject	ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject	ELDERLY
dc.subject	ELDERLY MEN
dc.subject	ELDERLY WOMEN
dc.subject	EPIDEMIC
dc.subject	FAMILIES
dc.subject	FAMILY MEMBERS
dc.subject	FEMALE
dc.subject	FEMALES
dc.subject	GENDER
dc.subject	GENDER DIMENSIONS
dc.subject	GENDER INEQUALITIES
dc.subject	HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
dc.subject	HEALTH INDICATORS
dc.subject	HEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subject	HIV
dc.subject	HIV INFECTION
dc.subject	HIV/AIDS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subject	HUSBANDS
dc.subject	ILLNESS
dc.subject	ILLNESSES
dc.subject	IMPACT OF AIDS
dc.subject	INDIVIDUAL HEALTH
dc.subject	INHERITANCE
dc.subject	INJURY
dc.subject	LABOR SUPPLY
dc.subject	LIFE EXPECTANCY
dc.subject	MALARIA
dc.subject	MALES
dc.subject	MATERNAL MORTALITY
dc.subject	MEDICINE
dc.subject	MENTAL HEALTH
dc.subject	MORTALITY
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATE
dc.subject	MORTALITY RATES
dc.subject	NATIONAL LAWS
dc.subject	NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
dc.subject	NUMBER OF CHILDREN
dc.subject	OLD-AGE
dc.subject	OLDER ADULTS
dc.subject	OLDER MEN
dc.subject	OLDER PEOPLE
dc.subject	OLDER PERSONS
dc.subject	OLDER WOMEN
dc.subject	PARENTS
dc.subject	PHYSICAL WORK
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH
dc.subject	POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
dc.subject	POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	POPULATION CONFERENCE
dc.subject	POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject	POWER
dc.subject	PREMATURE ADULT MORTALITY
dc.subject	PROGRESS
dc.subject	REMITTANCE
dc.subject	REMITTANCES
dc.subject	REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH
dc.subject	RESIDENCE STATUS
dc.subject	RESPECT
dc.subject	RURAL AREAS
dc.subject	RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SHARE OF WORK
dc.subject	SOCIAL AFFAIRS
dc.subject	SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject	SOCIAL POLICY
dc.subject	SOCIAL SCIENCE
dc.subject	SOCIAL SECURITY
dc.subject	SOCIAL STUDIES
dc.subject	SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
dc.subject	SPOUSE
dc.subject	SPOUSES
dc.subject	TUBERCULOSIS
dc.subject	VULNERABILITY
dc.subject	WOMAN
dc.subject	WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
dc.subject	YOUNG ADULT
dc.subject	YOUNG ADULTS
dc.title	The Long-Run Impacts of Adult Deaths on Older Household Members in Tanzania
dc.type	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Africa
dc.coverage	Sub-Saharan Africa
dc.coverage	East Africa
dc.coverage	Tanzania