Malaria and primary education in Mali: A longitudinal study in the village of Donéguébougou

This article assesses the role of malaria and certain social determinants on primary education, especially on educational achievement in Donéguébougou, a small village in a malaria-endemic area near Bamako, Mali. Field data was collected by the authors between November 2007 and June 2008 on 227 scho...

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Published in:	Social science & medicine (1982) Vol. 71; no. 2; pp. 324 - 334
Main Authors:	Thuilliez, Josselin, Sissoko, Mahamadou S., Toure, Ousmane B., Kamate, Paul, Berthélemy, Jean-Claude, Doumbo, Ogobara K.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Kidlington Elsevier Ltd 01-07-2010 Elsevier Pergamon Press Inc
Series:	Social Science & Medicine
Subjects:	Absenteeism Academic Achievement Biological and medical sciences Child Children Childrens health Cognition Disorders - etiology Cognitive ability Cognitive Functioning Correlation analysis Data collection Economics and Finance Education Educational Attainment Educational Measurement Educational Status Elementary education Epidemics Female General aspects Health inequality Health Status Indicators Human capital Human protozoal diseases Humanities and Social Sciences Humans Illness Infectious diseases Life Sciences Longitudinal Studies Malaria Malaria Human capital Education Mali Children Malaria, Falciparum - complications Male Mali Medical sciences Miscellaneous Models, Econometric Parasitic diseases Primary Education Protozoal diseases Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Santé publique et épidémiologie Schools Socioeconomic Factors Surveys and Questionnaires Teacher Evaluation Villages Mali Africa Bamako Mali Human capital Children Malaria Education Mali Human Protozoal disease Rural environment Village Parasitosis Teaching Infection Follow up study Social medicine Child Public health children
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Summary:	This article assesses the role of malaria and certain social determinants on primary education, especially on educational achievement in Donéguébougou, a small village in a malaria-endemic area near Bamako, Mali. Field data was collected by the authors between November 2007 and June 2008 on 227 schoolchildren living in Donéguébougou. Various malaria indicators and econometric models were used to explain the variation in cognitive abilities, teachers’ evaluation scores, school progression and absences. Malaria is the primary cause of school absences. Fixed-effects estimates showed that asymptomatic malaria and the presence of falciparum malaria parasites had a direct correlation with educational achievement and cognitive performance. The evidence suggests that the correlation is causal.
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ISSN:	0277-9536 1873-5347
DOI:	10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.02.027