A multilevel analysis of the effect of Malawi's Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme on school-age children's health

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 421-432

  Luseno, Winnie K ^a,b   Singh, Kavita ^a,c   Handa, Sudhanshu ^c,d   Suchindran, Chirayath ^a,c  

^a IL   (United States)

^b PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Malawi; Orphans; School age children; Unconditional cash transfer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECONOMICS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; ORPHANED CHILD; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD, ORPHANED; CHRONIC DISEASE; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALAWI; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; POVERTY; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84904291276     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czt028     Document Type: Article

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