Poverty and Prime-Age Mortality in Eastern and Southern Africa: Evidence from Zambia and Kenya
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World Development
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Using nationwide longitudinal household survey data from rural Kenya (1997–2004) and Zambia (2001–2004), we estimate probit models to identify the socio-economic correlates of disease-related mortality of individuals between the ages of 15 and 59.