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Fécondité et scolarisation à Ouagadougou : le rÎle des réseaux familiaux
En Afrique subsaharienne, pour allĂ©ger la charge d’une descendance nombreuse, il est courant de considĂ©rer la famille Ă©largie comme une ressource. Mais on s’interroge de plus en plus sur la rĂ©sistance des solidaritĂ©s familiales aux changements socioĂ©conomiques en cours. Ces solidaritĂ©s sont-elles gĂ©nĂ©ralisĂ©es et assurent-elles un soutien efficace pour la scolarisation des enfants ? Quelles familles en sont bĂ©nĂ©ficiaires ? Dans cette perspective, Moussa Bougma, Laure Pasquier-Doumer, Thomas K. LeGrand et Jean-François KobianĂ© examinent le rĂŽle du rĂ©seau familial dans la scolarisation des enfants. Ils Ă©tudient le cas des quartiers pĂ©riphĂ©riques de la capitale du Burkina Faso pour laquelle ils disposent d’une enquĂȘte rĂ©trospective sur la fĂ©conditĂ©, la scolarisation et l’entraide familiale, adossĂ©e Ă l’Observatoire de population de Ouagadougou, et montrent notamment que les solidaritĂ©s familiales de soutien Ă la scolarisation sont loin d’ĂȘtre gĂ©nĂ©ralisĂ©es
Profile: The Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System
The Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System (Ouaga HDSS), located in five neighbourhoods at the northern periphery of the capital of Burkina Faso, was established in 2008. Data on vital events (births, deaths, unions, migration events) are collected during household visits that have taken place every 10 months. The areas were selected to contrast informal neighbourhoods (âŒ40â000 residents) with formal areas (40â000 residents), with the aims of understanding the problems of the urban poor, and testing innovative programmes that promote the well-being of this population. People living in informal areas tend to be marginalized in several ways: they are younger, poorer, less educated, farther from public services and more often migrants. Half of the residents live in the Sanitary District of Kossodo and the other half in the District of Sig-Nonghin.
The Ouaga HDSS has been used to study health inequalities, conduct a surveillance of typhoid fever, measure water quality in informal areas, study the link between fertility and school investments, test a non-governmental organization (NGO)-led programme of poverty alleviation and test a community-led targeting of the poor eligible for benefits in the urban context. Key informants help maintain a good rapport with the community. The Ouaga HDSS data are available to researchers under certain conditions