Bledsoe, C.; Brandon, A.

Child fosterage and child mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa: some preliminary questions and answers
1992 - in Van de Walle, E.;Pison, G.;Sala-Diakanda, M., Mortality and society in Sub-Saharan Africa., Oxford, England, Clarendon Press, p. 279-302

Keywords : Age Factors; Behavior; Child Mortality; child nutrition; child rearing; Data Collection; Demographic Factors; Economic Factors; Error Sources; Family and Household; Fostering; Health; Literature review; Measurement; Mortality; Nutrition; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors
Countries : Africa; Developing Countries; Sierra Leone; Subsaharan Africa; Western Africa

Abstract : After examining some background African literature on social factors underlying child malnutrition, we turn to data from Sierra Leone to examine different kinds of fosterage and their possible morbidity and mortality consequences. Because fosterage is a relatively unexplored topic for demographers and nutritionists, we highlight a number of methodological problems in data collection and interpretation, in our own study as well as in others, as an aid to future research." Age factors are considered, as are reasons for sending a child into foster care. (EXCERPT)

Notes : English

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