Stratégies familiales et qualité de vie au Mali à travers les données du recensement/ Family strategies and quality of life in Mali such as shown from census data

Abdoul Moumouni Nouhou, Université de Genève
Siaka Cissé, National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT), Mali
Daouda dit Aba Fane, Institut National de la Statistique, Mali
Assa Doumbia-Gakou, Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI), Mali
Claudine E. M. Sauvain-Dugerdil, Université de Genève

The aim of this paper is to examine what kind of families have a better quality of life and how this can be analyse through census data. A typology of households, based on their size and composition, is used as a proxy for their ability to develop livelihood strategies that can explain differential in family wellbeing. Two dimensions of wellbeing are measured at the household level : housing quality and a relative index of children’s schooling. Computations are made separately for urban and rural settings, as life conditions differ so much between them. However in both cases, the probability of being better off from these two standpoints is higher among very large complex households. In all households, wellbeing is also improved by the presence of migrants, especially internal migrants. Households in rural settings headed by an educated adult, and in cities by a woman, are also among the better off.