Structural Assessment of Sustainable Parental Income and Its Impact on Child Development: A Case Study of Bombali District, Sierra Leone
Author (s)
Kadijatu Sow
Abstract
The study investigates the relationship between child development and income levels of households in Bombali district with the aims of providing insights for policy makers and healthcare planning. Using a Likert-scale dataset, the study explores how sustainable income levels affect child development with control variables such as mortality rates child neglect incorporated into the study. The findings reveal a strong correlation symmetric relationship between sustainable household income and child development and asymmetric relationship between sustainable household income and child abuse, child neglect and child labor. The study highlights the importance of economic stability in households through wage subsidies and similar social welfare programs to improve child health outcomes and mortality. Though the research is constraint by limited resources and generalizability of the findings, it is applicable to policymakers and welfare regulatory agencies in governments and society.
Key words: Sustainable income, Parental income, Child development, Household economic stability, Child welfare policy.
| Title: | Structural Assessment of Sustainable Parental Income and Its Impact on Child Development: A Case Study of Bombali District, Sierra Leone |
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| Author: |
Kadijatu Sow |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Scientific Reports |
| Website: | https://ijsab.com/jsr |
| Publisher | IJSAB-International |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.58970/JSR.1044 |
| Media: | Online |
| Volume: | 7 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Acceptance Date: | 23/08/2024 |
| Date of Publication: | 26/08/2024 |
| PDF URL: | https://ijsab.com/wp-content/uploads/1044.pdf |
| Free download: | Available |
| Page: | 60-71 |
| First Page: | 60 |
| Last Page: | 71 |
| Paper Type: | Research Paper |
| Current Status: | Published |
Cite This Article:
Sow, K. (2024). Structural Assessment of Sustainable Parental Income and Its Impact on Child Development: A Case Study of Bombali District, Sierra Leone, Journal of Scientific Reports, 7(1), 60-71. DOI: https://doi.org/10.58970/JSR.1044
About Author (s)
Kadijatu Sow, Masters student, University of International Business and Economics (UIBE), Beijing, China. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9396-1752
DOI: https://doi.org/10.58970/JSR.1044