Cyprian Misinde

2 Publications in AERD

Author Publications

Worsening Child Outcomes? Caregiver Imprisonment and Its Impact on Child Poverty, Health, Well-being and Education in Uganda

By Cyprian Misinde

Increasingly, research investigates how the imprisonment of those with child care responsibilities may affect children and their outcomes. However, this research is often conducted in high-income, developed countries, with little known about its impact in low-income, least developed countries. This study starts to address this gap by examining if the imprisonment of those with child care responsibilities in Uganda, a low-income least developed country, may affect child poverty, wellbeing, health, diet, and education. Drawing on 76 interviews conducted with 61 adults and 15 children, participants were asked to recount what affect, if any, imprisonment of the child’s caregiver was believed to have on child poverty, health, wellbeing, diet, and education. The findings reveal that imprisonment was believed to have a largely negative effect on these aspects of children’s lives for most children, hindering government efforts to improve child outcomes and tackle key development challenges. Based on these findings, it is argued that our theoretical understanding of imprisonment and its effects may need to be broadened to include how differing socio-economic policy contexts may moderate the impact of imprisonment on child outcomes. © 2020, The Author(s).

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Child Living Conditions and Orphanhood Status in Uganda: an Extension of the Application of the Intrinsic Value Approach to Child Poverty Measurement

By Cyprian Misinde

Association between orphanhood status and a child’s development outcomes is contested among authors. The contestation mainly focusses on the differences between orphans and non-orphans based on single indicators. However, focusing on single indicators such as education does not account for the multidimensional nature of living conditions of children as per here and now. In this study Child Living Conditions which take on many dimensions are computed using the intrinsic value approach. We tested the hypothesis that the average living conditions of orphans were less than the average living conditions of non-orphans in Uganda in 2011. Uganda Demographic and Health Survey data for 2011 was analysed using Multilevel mixed effects regression to achieve the objectives. Although some differences between orphans and non-orphans were observed, the margin was small. Notably the average conditions of children who lived in female headed households was less than for children in male headed households, less for rural than urban children and less for children in distant regions than for children in Kampala and the central region. The major factors which strongly associated with the variation in child living conditions were household headship, place of residence and regional differences. Thus rather than emphasizing the association between orphanhood or other child characteristics, and child living conditions, the conditions that perpetuate the low intrinsic value conditions for all children should be targeted. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media B.V., part of Springer Nature.

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