Childcare in Transition: Evidence That Patterns of Childcare Differ by Degree of Market Integration in Northwestern Tanzania
Highlights This study uses novel data on multiple childcare types from both kin and nonkin in two culturally similar communities with varying market integration. It tests the hypothesis that market integration is associated with reduced kin support. Who provides support and the type of support vary by level of market integration. Market integration disrupts childcare support from paternal but not maternal kin. Distant kin and nonkin substitute for reduced support from close kin in the study's town.
Authors
- Rebecca Sear (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-0223)
- Mark Urassa (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0257-6938)
- Anushé Hassan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3649-3049)
- Susan B. Schaffnit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7886-7614)
- David W. Lawson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1550-2615)
Institutions
- University of London (GB)
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University of California, Santa Barbara (US)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- National Institute for Medical Research (TZ)
- Brunel University of London (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Demography
- Published
- 2026-08-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-12795529
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- John Templeton Foundation
- Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
- Royal Anthropological Institute
- University of California, Santa Barbara
- Economic and Social Research Council