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Fever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa

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dc.contributor.authorFilmer, Deon
dc.date.accessioned2013-08-06T20:53:33Z
dc.date.available2013-08-06T20:53:33Z
dc.date.issued2002-03
dc.description.abstractThe author empirically explores the relationship between household poverty and the incidence and treatment of fever--as an indicator of malaria--among children in Sub-Saharan Africa. He uses household Demographic and Health Survey data collected in the 1990s from 22 countries in which malaria is prevalent. The analysis reveals a positive, but weak, association between reported fever and poverty. The geographic association becomes insignificant, however, after controlling for the mother's education. There is some evidence that higher levels of wealth in other households in the cluster in which the household lives are associated with lower levels of reported fever in Eastern and Southern Africa. Poverty and the type of care sought for an episode of fever are significantly associated: wealthier households are substantially more likely to seek care in the modern health sector. In Central and Western Africa those from richer households are more likely to seek care from all types of sources: government hospitals, lower-level public facilities such as health clinics, as well as private sources. In Eastern and Southern Africa the rich are primarily more likely to seek care from private facilities. In both regions there is substantial use of private facilities--use that increases with wealth. Like the incidence of fever, treatment-seeking behavior is strongly associated with the level of wealth in the cluster in which the child lives.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1732223/fever-treatment-among-more-less-poor-sub-saharan-africa
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2798
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/14847
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, D.C.
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research Working Paper;No.2798
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectALGORITHMS
dc.subjectASSET INDEX
dc.subjectAVERAGE LEVEL
dc.subjectAVERAGE POVERTY
dc.subjectAVERAGE YEARS OF SCHOOLING
dc.subjectBIRTHS
dc.subjectCALCULATION
dc.subjectCAPITA GROWTH
dc.subjectCHEST X-RAY
dc.subjectCLINICS
dc.subjectCOMMUNITY SURVEY
dc.subjectCONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES
dc.subjectDEATHS
dc.subjectDUMMY VARIABLES
dc.subjectEXPENDITURE QUINTILES
dc.subjectFEVER
dc.subjectGDP PER CAPITA
dc.subjectGEOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectGIRLS
dc.subjectHEALTH CENTER
dc.subjectHEALTH INFORMATION
dc.subjectHEALTH OUTCOMES
dc.subjectHEALTH STATUS
dc.subjectHEALTH SURVEY
dc.subjectHOSPITALS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD LEVEL
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD POVERTY
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SIZE
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subjectHOUSEHOLD WEALTH
dc.subjectHOUSING
dc.subjectINDIVIDUAL LEVEL
dc.subjectINFECTIOUS DISEASES
dc.subjectLOCAL LEVEL
dc.subjectLONG-RUN INCOME
dc.subjectMALARIA
dc.subjectMEASLES
dc.subjectMEASURING POVERTY
dc.subjectMORTALITY
dc.subjectMOTHERS
dc.subjectMULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectMULTIVARIATE REGRESSION
dc.subjectNATIONAL LEVEL
dc.subjectNUTRITION
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPATIENTS
dc.subjectPHYSICIANS
dc.subjectPOLICY RESEARCH
dc.subjectPOOR COUNTRIES
dc.subjectPOVERTY LINE
dc.subjectPPP
dc.subjectPROBABILITY
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectPURCHASING POWER PARITY
dc.subjectRADIO
dc.subjectRURAL AREAS
dc.subjectSAMPLE DESIGN
dc.subjectSAMPLE SIZE
dc.subjectSTANDARD APPROACHES
dc.subjectSTATISTICAL TECHNIQUE
dc.subjectSURVEY HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subjectURBAN AREA
dc.subjectURBAN AREAS
dc.subjectWEALTH INDEX
dc.subjectWEALTH RANKINGS
dc.subjectWEIGHTING SCHEME
dc.subjectWORKERS MALARIA
dc.subjectFEVER
dc.subjectPOVERTY
dc.subjectHEALTH ASPECTS OF POVERTY
dc.subjectDEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS
dc.subjectHEALTH SURVEYS
dc.subjectHEALTH & HYGIENE & THE POOR
dc.subjectCHILD HEALTH
dc.subjectPUBLIC HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectPUBLIC HOSPITALS
dc.subjectPRIVATE HEALTH CARE
dc.subjectWEALTH RANKING
dc.subjectMULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS
dc.subjectDISEASE TREATMENT
dc.titleFever and Its Treatment Among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africaen
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okr.crossref.titleFever and Its Treatment among the More and Less Poor in Sub-Saharan Africa
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T09:41:29.688581Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/03/1732223/fever-treatment-among-more-less-poor-sub-saharan-africa
okr.globalpracticePoverty
okr.globalpracticeHealth, Nutrition, and Population
okr.guid660301468741682247
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-2798
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000094946_0203220527375
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum1732223
okr.identifier.reportWPS2798
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okr.region.administrativeAfrica
okr.sectorSpecific Diseases, including Malaria, TB, Others
okr.sectorHealth, Nutrition & Population
okr.topicHealth Monitoring and Evaluation
okr.topicStatistical and Mathematical Sciences
okr.topicHealth Systems Development and Reform
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Health Indicators
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Communicable Diseases
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Poverty Assessment
okr.topicEarly Child and Children's Health
okr.topicHealth, Nutrition and Population::Public Health Promotion
okr.topicDisease Control and Prevention
okr.unitOff of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume1
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