Child Survival, Poverty And Inequality In Kenya: Does Physical Environment Matter

Abstract

This paper analyses child poverty in Kenya using two measures of child well-being: survival and asset index. The paper further analyses the determinants of child survival. The key findings are that: physical environment including assets and location are im survival; rural children are more likely to be poor and to die than urban children; and that provincial differentials and inequalities in the distribution of poor children are quite pronounced. improve the physical environment in which poor children live, including improved provision of water and sanitation, health care services for children and their mothers and