Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey - 2006

Kenya
Sub-Saharan Africa

The Greater Eldoret Health and Development Survey collected data to estimate the impact of various diseases (e.g. malaria, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS) on the living standards of households in the Eldoret area; study the effectiveness of treatments for these diseases in improving living standards; and examine how households responded to various illnesses and the type of coping mechanisms they adopted.

Study Website

Adolescents: Not available

Sex:

Females and Males

Age Range:

15-19
20-24

Study Design:

Observational

Type of Data:

Longitudinal

Time Period: 2006; 2005; 2004

Areas Covered: Kosirai Division, Nandi North District

Investigators: Markus Goldstein (World Bank); Harsha Thirumurthy (World Bank)

Funders: United Kingdom Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC); Pfizer, Inc.; World Bank; Social Science Research Council; Yale University (Economic Growth Center, Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS); Columbia University (Calderone Program)

Series:

Not applicable

Notes: Not all funders provided funding for all survey rounds. Project website link is to first round of survey data only.

Topics

Demographic Characteristics - Urban and Rural;

Economics - Employment, Savings;

Education;

Family/Household Structure;

Health Care Access and Utilization;

HIV/AIDS and STIs - Knowledge, Testing, Treatment;

Marriage;

Migration and Mobility - Social Networks;

Physical Health;

Reproductive Health - Sexual behavior;

Subjective Expectations;

Time Use;