Linking Child Health, Maternal Labour Force Participation and Household Asset Endowments in Cameroon: What the People Say

Mbu Daniel Tambi, Aloysius Mom Njong () and Menjo Francis Baye ()
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Aloysius Mom Njong: Department of Economics, University of Bamenda
Menjo Francis Baye: Department of Economics and Management, University of Yaounde II

Economics and Applied Informatics, 2014, issue 2, 5-16

Abstract: This paper is entitled “Linking Child Health, Maternal Labour Force Participation and Household Asset Endowments in Cameroon: what the people say”. The objectives are: (i) document the determinants of child health as informed by focus group discussion, (ii) analyze what the people say concerning the relationship between child health and maternal labour force participation, (iii) explore the perception of the people on the effects of child health on asset accumulation and (iv) suggest public policies on the basis of the findings. We used seven focus groups derived from different backgrounds in our framework. We observed that, parents make used of the extra time accrue to them due to better health for their children and family to do extra work that fetched them more money. Based on this, we recommend that decision makers should promote child health outcomes as it’s a tool to promote maternal labour and wealth accumulation in Cameroon

Keywords: Cameroon; Child health; Asset endowment; Maternal labour; Focus group discuss (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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