Adult mortality due to HIV/AIDS and other diseases is posited to affect children through a number of pathways.On top of health and education outcomes, adult mortality can have significant effects on children by influencing demographic outcomes including the timing of marriage. This paper examines marriage outcomes for a sample of children interviewed in Tanzania in the early 1990s and re-interviewed in 2004.
Authors
Deputy Research Director
Sonya Krutikova is an Associate Professor of Economics at Manchester University and IFS Deputy Research Director.
Journal article details
- DOI
- 10.4054/DemRes.2008.19.42
- Publisher
- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
- Issue
- December 2008
Suggested citation
Krutikova, S. (2008). 'Adult mortality and children’s transition into marriage' (2008)
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