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Outcomes of Orphanhood in Ethiopia: A Mixed Methods Study.
- Source :
- Social Indicators Research; Oct2011, Vol. 104 Issue 1, p87-102, 16p, 8 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 2011
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Abstract
- The paper addresses the question of whether parental death always has a strongly negative effect on children's outcomes using quantitative and qualitative data from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty in Ethiopia. It investigates the validity of potential mediating factors identified by other studies in Sub-Saharan Africa using data from the whole sample ( n = 973) and explores these processes in-depth through the experiences of three orphans in one community in Addis Ababa. The paper concludes that the outcomes of orphans and non-orphans in poor communities are not significantly different, supporting the need to address vulnerability at a societal level. Nonetheless, specific groups, for example, older female children who have lost their mothers, may face particular risks that should be addressed with targeted interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ORPHANS
MIXED methods research
POVERTY
LONGITUDINAL method
POOR communities
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 03038300
- Volume :
- 104
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Social Indicators Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 65082381
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-010-9728-y