Well-being in an East African Community

Profiled key dimensions of well-being in a regional population and priorities for well-being policy.

Client: Second-largest medical center in Tanzania, serving over a quarter of the country’s population

Paid for by: US State Department

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Developed research methods to understand, measure and account for well-being in an East African context.

Key Findings

  • Exposed dramatic differences in well-being by demographic group, pointing to the emotional burden carried by poor women.

  • Isolated primary factors responsible: social arrangements that place primary and often sole responsibility on rural and nonprofessional women for providing financially for their children and rearing them.

  • Identified key structural contributors: lack of marital trust and stability, and poverty.

  • Uncovered strategies for strengthening social resilience supporting poor women's well-being.

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