Family disability, poverty and parenting stress: Analysis of a cross-sectional study in Kenya
African Journal of Disability
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Family disability, poverty and parenting stress: Analysis of a cross-sectional study in Kenya | |
| Creator | Hunt, Xanthe Laurenzi, Christina Skeen, Sarah Swartz, Leslie Sundin, Phillip Weiss, Robert E. Tomlinson, Mark | |
| Description | Background: Households with a disabled member, be they a caregiver or a child, are poorer than households not affected by disability. Poverty, caregiving as a person with a disability and being the caregiver of a child with a disability can lead to increased parenting stress.Objectives: The objective of this study was to examine whether parenting stress experienced by caregivers in a household with a disabled member is greater when the disabled member is the caregiver, or the child, and how much of these respective relationships is explained by poverty.Method: We collected cross-sectional data using a demographic survey, the Washington Group Questions on adult disability, the 10 Questions on child disability and the Parenting Stress Index-Short Form, from 465 caregivers enrolled in a non-governmental child development programme in Kenya.Results: Households with a disabled member were poorer than households without a disabled member. Parenting stress of disabled caregivers was higher than parenting stress of non-disabled caregivers; however, this relationship disappeared when socio-economic status was controlled for. Caregivers of disabled children were more stressed than caregivers of non-disabled children, and this effect was not explained by differences in socio-economic status.Conclusion: Our findings highlight the importance of developing a comprehensive understanding of the stressors facing households with a disabled member, particularly if that member is a child, so that supportive interventions can adequately cater to the needs of caregivers, and their children, in the context of poverty. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2021-06-10 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/ajod.v10i0.744 | |
| Source | African Journal of Disability; Vol 10 (2021); 8 pages 2226-7220 2223-9170 | |
| Language | eng | |
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