Examining AIDS-related adult mortality in the KwaZulu-Natal income dynamics surveys: employment, earnings and direct mortality costs
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2007
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In the KwaZulu-Natal Income Dynamics surveys (covering black households in the province in 3 surveys spanning 1993 to 2004), the mortality rate of 21-50 year-olds rises by 157% from 1993-1998 to 1998-2003. This paper compares this surge in mortality with the ASSA model of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and ?nds that, while the data appear broadly representative of likely, actual mortality, non-random attrition is a concern. Preliminary ?ndings on the labour market pro?le of individuals suffering premature adult mortality in the 1998-2004 period, an estimate of foregone earnings, and the direct pre-death care and burial costs associated with their deaths, are presented.
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Sienaert, A. (2007). Examining AIDS-related adult mortality in the KwaZulu-Natal income dynamics surveys: employment, earnings and direct mortality costs. Centre for Social Science Research: University of Cape Town.