Semali, Innocent A.2023-10-042023-10-04199233. Ainsworth, M., Koda, G., Lwihula, G., Mujinja, P., Over, M. and Semali, I., 1992. Measuring the Impact of Fatal Adult Illness in Sub-Saharan Africa; An Annotated Household Questionnaire Papers 90, World Bank - Living Standards Measurement.http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1230This paper describes the developmentand content of a household questionnairedesignedto measurethe economicimpactof adultmorbidityand mortalityin an African country. The questionnaire is the main data collectioninstrumentof the research project on "The EconomicImpact of Fatal Adult Illness due to AIDS and Other Causes in Sub-SaharanAfrica", conductedby a research team from the WorldBank and the Universityof Dar es Salaam. The main objectivesof theproject are: (1) to measure the impactof fatal adult illnesson individuals,householdsand communities;and (2) to estimatethe costs and effects of alternativepoliciesto assist the survivors. The household questionnairewas adaptedfrom the questionnaireof the World Bank's Living Standards MeasurementSurvey (LSMS)to measurethe well-beingand copingbehaviorsof individuals and householdsin responseto fatal illnessamongadults. Key innovationsin the householdquestionnaire include: adaptationfor a longitudinalresearch design, including "inter-wave" consistencychecks; an expanded set of questionson acute and chronic illness and their costs; a module on the mortality of household membersand relatives; a consumptionmodule that allows for seasonality;and collectionof more data at the individuallevel, to facilitateanalysisof intra-householddistributionof resourcesenAIDSFetal adult illnessSub Saharan AfricaPresentation