The impact of household wealth on child survival in Ghana
Working paper
Lartey, Stella, Khanam, Rasheda and Takahashi, Shingo. 2016. The impact of household wealth on child survival in Ghana. Japan. IUJ Research Institute.
Title | The impact of household wealth on child survival in Ghana |
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Report Type | Working paper |
Authors | Lartey, Stella (Author), Khanam, Rasheda (Author) and Takahashi, Shingo (Author) |
Institution of Origin | international University of Japan |
Volume | 35 |
Number of Pages | 47 |
Series | Economics & Management Series Working Papers |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | IUJ Research Institute |
Place of Publication | Japan |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.iuj.ac.jp/research/workingpapers/EMS_2016_01.pdf |
Abstract | This paper pools four waves of data from Demographic and Health Surveys (from 1993 to 2008) to examine the impact of household wealth status on child survival in Ghana. The Weibull hazard model with gamma frailty was used to estimate the wealth effect on child’s survival probability. We find that a child is more likely to survive when he/she is from a household with high wealth status. Even though wealth effect declined over the years, the risk of death for children from the poorest households was about 1.7 times higher than those from the richest households. |
Keywords | Child survival, Wealth, Weibull hazard model, Gamma frailty, Ghana |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 440499. Development studies not elsewhere classified |
Byline Affiliations | Ministry of Health, Ghana |
School of Commerce | |
International University of Japan |
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