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dc.contributor.authorKonseiga, Adamaen
dc.date.accessioned2008-09-02-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T11:28:13Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T11:28:13Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.piurn:nbn:de:101:1-2008070228en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/34757-
dc.description.abstractParental migration is often found to be negatively correlated with child health in Africa, yet the causal mechanisms are poorly understood. The paper uses a dataset that provides information from the respondent parent on child morbidity both in the rural and urban settings. Households first endogenously determine whether they will gain from participating in migration and, if they do, whether they will leave the children behind or not. The final choice is made to ensure the optimal survival chances for the child. This paper contributes to understanding the health consequences of raising the children in the context of increasing urban poverty in Nairobi, Kenya. The findings indicate that households who migrated together with their children in the slums of Nairobi experience higher child morbidity (43 per cent have at least one sick child in the last one month) as compared to households who leave children in their upcountry homes (31 per cent of morbidity rate). Even though children of migrants are safer upcountry, not all households can afford this strategy. Households are able to choose this strategy only if they have a strong social support network in their origin community and/or they are big size households. This is an important finding in targeting the Millennium Development Goals.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x3567en
dc.subject.jelC31en
dc.subject.ddc360en
dc.subject.keywordChildhood morbidityen
dc.subject.keywordsplit migrationen
dc.subject.keywordincidental truncationen
dc.subject.keywordinformal settlementsen
dc.subject.keywordNairobien
dc.subject.keywordKenyaen
dc.subject.stwKindersterblichkeiten
dc.subject.stwElternen
dc.subject.stwBinnenwanderungen
dc.subject.stwLandfluchten
dc.subject.stwSlumen
dc.subject.stwKeniaen
dc.subject.stwNairobien
dc.titleFamily migration: a vehicle of child morbidity in the informal settlements of Nairobi City, Kenya?-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn572105851en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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