Subjective Poverty, Family Support and Health-Related Well-Being of School-Aged Children in Single-Parent Households in Ghana: The Role of Health Literacy and Duration of Parental Separation

Padmore Adusei Amoah (), Afua Amankwaa (), Maggie Lau () and Gizem Arat ()
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Padmore Adusei Amoah: Lingnan University
Afua Amankwaa: Independent Researcher
Maggie Lau: Lingnan University
Gizem Arat: Dominican University

Child Indicators Research, 2024, vol. 17, issue 3, No 14, 1273-1309

Abstract: Abstract This study expands ongoing inquiry and debates on the influence of single-parent households on child health outcomes, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), where the phenomenon is rapidly increasing. It examines how conventional (i.e., access to money for children—conceived as experience of poverty—, family support, and experience of social isolation) and contemporary (i.e., health literacy) factors shape the health-related well-being of children in single-parent homes in Ghana in the short-, medium- (five years or less) and long-term (6 years +). It also investigates the extent to which health literacy explains how other factors influence their health-related well-being. Data was gathered through a cross-sectional survey conducted in Kumasi in the Ashanti region of Ghana (n = 337). Based on binary logistic regression and structural equation modelling analysis, health literacy (Odds Ratio, OR, = 1.086, p

Keywords: Subjective poverty; Social support; Single-parent household; Health-related well-being; Children; Health literacy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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