POPLINE Document Number: 127795
Author(s):
Bicego G
Source citation:
In: The socio-demographic impact of AIDS in Africa. Based on the conference organized by the Committee on AIDS of the International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) and the University of Natal, Durban, South Africa, 3-6 February 1997. Papers. Liege, Belgium, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population [IUSSP], 1997. :37 p.
Abstract:
Since the late-1970s, data from large-scale national surveys and decennial censuses have been routinely used to estimate child mortality levels in developing countries. There has been a particularly increased reliance in sub-Saharan Africa during the 1980s and 1990s upon data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) program for the population-based assessment of changes in rates of infant and child mortality. Almost all countries in the region have experienced substantial declines in the under-5 mortality risk. Periodic sample surveys have performed well in monitoring recent trends in early childhood mortality, but have been less capable of providing a straightforward basis for tracking adult mortality rates. Recently obtained sibling history data from Demographic and Health Surveys in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Central African Republic, Cote d'Ivoire, and Malawi, and birth history data were used to estimate levels of adult and childhood mortality. The study intended to demonstrate that direct mortality estimates from sibling histories provide an additional tool to complement estimates derived from longitudinal and other cross-sectional mortality data in the evaluation of AIDS impact. As for childhood mortality, a survival bias causes an underestimate in the under-5 mortality rate level and tends to mask real declines in mortality or amplify increases if no adjustments are made.
Keywords:
UgandaIndex page
Zimbabwe
Central African Republic
Cote d'Ivoire
Malawi
Methodological Studies
Surveys
Estimation Technics
Child Mortality
Mortality
Birth History
Siblings
HIV Infections
AIDS
Epidemics
Developing Countries
Africa, Eastern
Africa, Sub Saharan
Africa
Africa, Southern
Africa, Central
Africa, Western
Sampling Studies
Studies
Research Methodology
Population Dynamics
Demographic Factors
Population
Pregnancy History
Fertility Measurements
Fertility
Family Relationships
Family Characteristics
Family and Household
Viral Diseases
Diseases