results provide general evidence of the convergence of life expectancy values recorded in West Africa and North Africa. …

origin in Africa and season of the year. There was little interaction between the incidence of slave and crew deaths. The … high death rates make the slave trade a demographic laboratory for study of health and mortality and an economic laboratory …

wellbeing (SWB) is affected by mortality in sub-Saharan Africa, including mortality from HIV/AIDS. The Gallup data provide … direct evidence on Africans' own emotional and evaluative responses to high levels of infection and of mortality. By … comparing the effect of mortality on SWB with the effect of income on SWB, we can attach monetary values to mortality to …

Marital shocks are exceedingly common for women in Sub-Saharan Africa. The paper investigates whether women who have … significantly lower nutritional status for Africa's widows and divorcees between ages 15 and 49. With some exceptions, this is found …

-Saharan Africa is crucial for developing programs and policies to combat HIV/AIDS. This paper looks critically at the methods and …