Cohort Profile: The Migration and Health in Malawi (MHM) Study
Penn collection
Degree type
Discipline
Subject
Migration
Health
Migration and Health in Malawi (MHM) Study
Public Use Data
Migration History
Socioeconomics
Demographic Characteristics
Sexual Behavior
Marriage
Households
Family Structure
Risk Perceptions
Social Networks
Social Capital
Intergenerational Relations
HIV/AIDS
Demography, Population, and Ecology
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Sociology
Funder
Grant number
License
Copyright date
Distributor
Related resources
Contributor
Abstract
The Migration and Health in Malawi (MHM) Study focuses on a key challenge in migration research: although it has long been established that migration and health are closely linked, identifying the effect of migration on various health outcomes is complicated by methodological challenges. To address these challenges, the MHM Study was designed to measure or control for important characteristics that affect both migration and health outcomes. This approach is particularly well-suited for distinguishing between the effect of migration on health and the selection of individuals of differing health status into migration classes (migrant versus non-migrant). Data are available for two waves of MHM, which took place in 2007 and 2013, and include extensive information on migration history, socioeconomic and demographic characteristics, sexual behaviors, marriage, household/family structure, risk perceptions, social networks and social capital, intergenerational relations, HIV/AIDS and other dimensions of health. The MHM public use data can be requested by contacting the Principal Investigator (Philip Anglewicz, panglewi@tulane.edu).