Anokhi Parikh|Mary Bachman DeSilva|Mandisa Cakwe|Tim Quinlan|Jonathon L Simon|Anne Skalicky|Tom Zhuwau
Exploring the Cinderella myth: intrahousehold differences in child wellbeing between orphans and non-orphans in Amajuba District, South Africa
University of KwaZulu-Natal|Boston University|University of KwaZulu-Natal|University of KwaZulu-Natal|Boston University|Boston University|University of KwaZulu-Natal
objective determine whether differences wellbeing defined variety education health outcomes exist recent schoolaged orphans nonorphans live household context high hivaids mortality kwazulu natal south africa design data come first 2 years 20042006 ongoing 3year longitudinal cohort study district kwazulunatal amajuba child health wellbeing research project using stratified cluster sampling based school age constructed cohort 197 recent orphans 528 nonorphans aged 916 years households caregivers household heads caregivers children interviewed regarding five domains child wellbeing demographic economic educational healthnutritionlifestyle psychosocial status methods analytical sample consists 174 children 87 orphans 87 comparable nonorphans live together baseline 124 children round 2 estimated linear regression model using household fixed effects continuous outcomes grade adjusted age annual expenditure schooling body mass index logit model using household fixed effects categorical variables malnutrition compare coresident orphans nonorphans results found statistically significant differences education health labour outcomes orphans nonorphans live paternal orphans likely behind school recent mobility positive effect schooling outcomes