TABLE 6-5Health and Economic Status by Living Arrangement, Nairobi Demographic Surveillance System, 2003

Lives Alone (N) Lives with Spouse/ Children (N) Lives with at Least 1 Other Adult (N)
Those Who Reported Sick
Korogocho
Women 37.1 (116) 25.0 (40) 23.3 (150)
Men 27.8 (126) 16.1 (62) 12.7 (118)
Viwandani
Women 41.2 (17) — (2/5) 33.3 (24)
Men 13.4 (82) 0.0 0 19.1 (47)
Sought Treatment by Gender:
Women 40.0 (50) — (6/12) 48.8 (43)
Men 47.8 (46) — (4/10) 50.0 (24)
Sought Treatment by Slum:
Korogocho 41.0 (78) 40.0 (20) 48.0 (50)
Viwandani — (10/18) — (2/2) — (9/17)
Currently Working:
Korogocho
Women 73.2 (97) 63.2 (19) 55.0 (140)
Men 80.6 (98) 90.9 (22) 73.4 (128)
Viwandani
Women 78.6 (11/14) — (1/3) 55.0 (20)
Men 94.0 (50) — (3/3) 80.0 (40)

From: 6, The Situation of Older People in Poor Urban Settings: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya

Cover of Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa
Aging in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendation for Furthering Research.
National Research Council (US) Committee on Population; Cohen B, Menken J, editors.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2006.
Copyright © 2006, National Academy of Sciences.

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