Disability and Household Welfare in Ghana : Costs and Correlates
Asuman, Derek LU
; Ackah, Charles Godfred
and Agyire-Tettey, Frank
(2021)
In Journal of Family and Economic Issues
42(4).
p.633-649
- Abstract
Persons with disabilities face substantial barriers that impede their integration and participation in social and economic activities. Households with disabled members may be vulnerable to poverty due to the extra cost of living with a disability. However, there exists a knowledge gap in the magnitude of the extra cost of disabilities in sub Saharan Africa. Using data from a nationally representative household survey, this paper estimates the extra cost of disabilities in Ghana. The paper further examines the welfare effects of households with persons with disabilities. Based on the standard of living approach, we estimate the extra cost to households with a person with disability to be 26% of annual household consumption expenditures.... (More)
Persons with disabilities face substantial barriers that impede their integration and participation in social and economic activities. Households with disabled members may be vulnerable to poverty due to the extra cost of living with a disability. However, there exists a knowledge gap in the magnitude of the extra cost of disabilities in sub Saharan Africa. Using data from a nationally representative household survey, this paper estimates the extra cost of disabilities in Ghana. The paper further examines the welfare effects of households with persons with disabilities. Based on the standard of living approach, we estimate the extra cost to households with a person with disability to be 26% of annual household consumption expenditures. Adjusting for the extra cost of poverty, the incidence of poverty increases from 38.5 to 52.9% amongst households with a disabled member. Our findings suggest the need to improve the efficiency of support programs to persons with disabilities to mitigate the extra costs of disabilities and reduce their vulnerability to poverty. In addition, enhancing access to economic opportunities and social services for persons with disabilities will be imperative to improve their quality of life and dignity.
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- author
- Asuman, Derek
LU
; Ackah, Charles Godfred
and Agyire-Tettey, Frank
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Disability, Ghana, Household welfare, Poverty, Standard of living
- in
- Journal of Family and Economic Issues
- volume
- 42
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 633 - 649
- publisher
- Springer
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85097240416
- ISSN
- 1058-0476
- DOI
- 10.1007/s10834-020-09741-5
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 01195fd6-79c2-402a-a7cf-7985c0b2ba70
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- 2020-12-16 12:54:59
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