The effect of prime age adult mortality on household composition and consumption in rural Ethiopia

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 647-655

  Kadiyala, Suneetha ^a   Rogers, Beatrice ^b   Quisumbing, Agnes ^a   Webb, Patrick ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult mortality; Dietary diversity; Ethiopia; Household composition; Household consumption; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIET; HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; MORTALITY; NUTRITION; PANEL DATA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 80051887742     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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