Relatives in Residence: Relatedness of Household Members Drives Schooling Differentials in Mozambique

Lopus, Sara

doi:10.1111/jomf.12393

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“…Male extended kin and family exchange networks also assisted in adolescent utilization of formal health services, especially among boys. Similar to recent findings for the schooling of father‐absent children in Mozambique (Lopus, ), we found evidence that among boys living in female‐headed households, strong family exchange networks may have had a substitution effect for the absence of a male senior senior male in the household. For households with very low network scores (two standard deviations below the mean), boys in female‐headed households were at a particularly large disadvantage.…”

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“…Reflecting growing scholarly interest in family networks (Clark et al, , ; Lopus, ; Ruiz‐Casares, ; Tsai & Dzorgbo, ), we found that exchange networks and extended kin also played a role in adolescent health‐seeking behavior. In urban areas, male and female relatives were important sources of advice to youth regarding health problems, and they were especially important in accompanying youth to get treatment.…”

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“…In addition to material and financial support, networks are a source of assistance with household tasks, advice, counseling, and information. Kinship and broader networks may be particularly valuable when parents—especially fathers—are absent (Chae, Hayford, & Agadjanian, ; Clark, Cotton, & Marteleto, ; Clark, Madhavan, Cotton, Beguy, & Kabiru, ; Lopus, ; Ruiz‐Casares, ). In patriarchal societies, the absence of a coresident father can result in an unmet need for gender‐specific advice and support that will impact sons more than daughters.…”

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The Role of Parents and Family Networks in Adolescent Health‐Seeking in Ethiopia

Lindstrom

Liu

Jira

2019

J of Marriage and Family

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Objective: This study examines the roles of parents, extended kin, and exchange networks in adolescent health-seeking behavior in Ethiopia. Background: Prior studies highlight the role of mothers in children's health, whereas fathers, extended kin, and other network partners remain largely unexamined. The gender intensification hypothesis suggests that adolescents gravitate toward same-gender parents for advice and assistance with health-related issues. A more expansive view of the hypothesis suggests that other same-gender adults may also be important sources of support. Method: Survey data were used from a random sample of 2,084 youth ages 13 to 17 collected in urban and rural communities in southwestern Ethiopia. Sources of advice, treatment, and accompaniment to get treatment were examined. Random intercept logistic regression models were used to identify factors associated with receipt of formal health care.

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The Role of Parents and Family Networks in Adolescent Health‐Seeking in Ethiopia

Lindstrom

Liu

Jira

2019

J of Marriage and Family

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“…Multiple studies in northern Tanzania have found that fostered children are not disadvantaged in terms of mortality, anthropometric scores, or educational investment compared to biological children (Urassa et al 1997;Burke and Beegle 2004;Lawson et al 2017). In Mozambique, fostered children were not less likely to attend school than biological children within the same household (Lopus 2017). These studies suggest that fostering children need not always come at the cost of a child's well-being.…”

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Earning their keep? Fostering, children's education, and work in north-western Tanzania

Hedges¹,

Sear²,

Todd³

et al. 2019

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BACKGROUNDFostering, raising children that are not one's biological children, is common in many societies worldwide. Despite predicted lower investment in nonbiological offspring, numerous studies report no obvious well-being penalty for fostered children. Building on prior research, we suggest that fostering is incentivised by close relatedness between foster child and caregivers and that children's work contributions can offset their costs to fostering households. METHODWe used multilevel logistic and fractional multinomial regression analyses to investigate the association between fostering, educational investment, and time allocation in a sample of 1,273 Sukuma children (aged 7-19) from northwestern Tanzania, where fostering is traditionally common. RESULTSTwenty-six per cent of children are fostered, with most having at least one living parent. Children fostered by close kin have similar educational outcomes to those living with both biological parents, though their grade for age is lower, perhaps reflecting differences in timing rather than overall level of investment. Those fostered by distant kin are less likely to be enrolled or to progress to secondary school. Overall, fostered children are more likely to do farm work; however on weekdays when work conflicts

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“…Various other claims about the abuse of stepchildren have been reported informally in SSA (Bowman and Brundige 2014), but without a clear quantitative analysis. One exception is the study by Lopus (2017) that used census data collected in 2009 and 2012 on Ibo Island in Mozambique to investigate educational participation as a reflection of childhood investments. The study assessed whether or not Mozambican children in all types of father-absent households received comparable educational investments, or if relatedness to children through blood or marriage dictated the level of investment in children's schooling.…”

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Stepfather families and children's schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national study

Adjiwanou¹,

Boco²,

Yaya³

2021

DemRes

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BACKGROUNDResearch on stepfamilies and their effects on childhood investments is limited in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), a region characterized by a high level of remarriage and fertility. OBJECTIVEThe objectives of this study were to assess the prevalence of children in stepfather family arrangements and to explore the influence of this family arrangement on children's schooling. METHODSWe rely on recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) conducted in 33 SSA countries between 2006 and 2015. The study sample consists of 277,726 children aged 6 to 14. Cluster-level fixed effect models were used to predict children's school attendance status in stepfather family arrangements, in contrast with families with both biological parents or single-mother family arrangements. RESULTSAt the regional level, the proportion of children and adolescents under 15 years of age living with stepfathers was 2.5%, ranging from 1.1% in Burkina Faso to 6.3% in Gabon. In the regression analyses, children living in stepfather family arrangements were associated with lower school attendance when compared with children living with their biological parents and when compared to children in single-motherhood family arrangements. These effects are more pronounced in urban areas than in rural areas. Finally, we found that girls were not over-discriminated against in stepfather family arrangements compared to boys.Adjiwanou, Boco & Yaya: Stepfather families and children's schooling in sub-Saharan Africa CONCLUSIONStepfather family arrangements negatively affect children's schooling in SSA. Nonetheless, further studies for better understanding of these family arrangements are needed, as well as studies of the interactions that children have with their fathers or fathers' families. CONTRIBUTIONThis study makes an original contribution to the literature on family complexity -shedding light on the phenomenon of step-parenting -and its consequences on children's schooling in SSA.

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Relatives in Residence: Relatedness of Household Members Drives Schooling Differentials in Mozambique

Cited by 6 publications

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The Role of Parents and Family Networks in Adolescent Health‐Seeking in Ethiopia

The Role of Parents and Family Networks in Adolescent Health‐Seeking in Ethiopia

Earning their keep? Fostering, children's education, and work in north-western Tanzania

Stepfather families and children's schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national study

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