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The Case of Southeast Tanzania, Lindi Region, Mchinga II Village

In: Factors Influencing Child Survival in Tanzania

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  • Kumiko Sakamoto

    (Utsunomiya University)

Abstract

ThisTanzania chapterLindi region examines the results of a questionnaire interview of 95 women in MchingaMchinga II VillageVillage, LindiLindi, regarding educationEducation, family structureFamily structure, livelihoodLivelihood, children, and mutual helpMutual help. Half the respondents (52%) attended schoolSchool. The women learned from health facilityHealth facility personnel about menstruationMenstruation (15%), birthBirth (38%), nutritionnutrition (58%), maternalmaternal child healthHealth (59%), and child-rearing (47%). More women learned about menstruationMenstruation (82%) and birthBirth (58%) from elders. In regard to marriageMarriage, 72% of the women’s parents received bride wealthBride wealth in the form of cashCash, and 19% marriedmarried within the same ethnicethnic group. The average household sizeHousehold size and number of birthsBirth were 4.81 (maximum 11) and 4.55 respectively. The majority (87%) did not have sufficient foodFood throughout the year. The most typical porridgePorridge for children’s foodFood was cassavaCassava (40%), sorghumSorghum (36%), and maizeMaize (23%). More than half (55%) of the women’s children could eat at a relative’sRelatives house when lacking foodFood, whereas 16% could not. Many women (41%) made decisiondecisions regarding children’s healthHealth problems. Others helped financialfinancially to provide foodFood (42%), send the child to healthHealth services (34%), and buy medicinemedicine (20%). Nearly half (47%) had experienced losing a child under five, influenced by mutual assistanceMutual assistance. The percentage of deaths among birthsBirth was 16%.

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  • Kumiko Sakamoto, 2020. "The Case of Southeast Tanzania, Lindi Region, Mchinga II Village," Economy and Social Inclusion, in: Factors Influencing Child Survival in Tanzania, chapter 0, pages 79-101, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ecochp:978-981-13-7639-9_5
    DOI: 10.1007/978-981-13-7639-9_5
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