Reducing the burden of iron deficiency anemia in Cote D’Ivoire through fortification

Table 3 Parameters to estimate the production losses (economic burden) linked with IDA

Parameter	Value	Source
Life expectancy	58 years	World Factbook [46]
Age to begin working life	15 years	World Bank [47]
Age of ending working life	64 years	World Bank [47]
Mean monthly wage	65,575 XOF	National Statistics Cote D’Ivoire [48]
Monetary discount rate	3%	Smith [49]
Expected income growth	3.5%	World Bank [47]
Work force participation (net)	63%	World Bank [47]
Income distribution	SES 1: 1.9% to SES 10: 34.8%	UNU-WIDER [50]
Unadjusted intergeneration income correlation	0.55	Black, Solon [51, 52]
Education adjusted intergeneration income correlation	0.35	Black [51]
Returns on education	10.9%	Psacharopoulos [32]
Impact of anemia on school performance	− 10%	Hutchinson et al., Soemantri et al., [29, 30]
Impact of anemia on school attendance	− 5.3%	Bobonis et al., Hutchinson et al., Bobonis et al., Walker et al. [27, 29,30,31]
Relative risk of school absenteeism on school drop-outs	1.8	Walker et al. [31]
Impact of 1 standard deviation reduction in cognitive score on future wages	− 8%	Psacharopoulos [53]
Impact of IDA on productivity of moderate manual labor	− 5%	Basta [51]
Impact of IDA on productivity of intense manual labor	− 17%	Basta [54]

IDA iron deficiency anemia, SES socioeconomic strata, XOF West African CFA Franc (CFA stands for Communauté Financière Africaine); Work force participation (net): excludes those unemployed

ISSN: 2072-1315