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Abstract
Strengthening civil registration systems requires a better understanding of motivations and barriers related to the registration of deaths. We used data from the 2013 Senegalese census to identify deaths that are more likely to be registered in the Dakar region, where the completeness of death registration is higher than 80%. We also interviewed relatives of the deceased whose death had been registered to collect data on reasons for registration and sources of information about the process. The likelihood of death registration was positively associated with age at death and household wealth. Death registration was also more likely in households whose head was older, had attended school, and had a birth certificate. At the borough commune level, the geographical accessibility of civil registration centres and population density were both positively associated with completeness of death registration. The main motivations for registering deaths were compliance with the legal obligation to do so and willingness to obtain a burial permit and a death certificate. Families, health facilities, and friends were the primary sources of information about death registration. Further research is needed to identify effective interventions to increase death registration completeness in Dakar, particularly amongst the poorest households and neighbourhoods on the outskirts of the city.
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1 Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD), Dakar, Senegal; UCLouvain, Centre de recherche en démographie, Ottignies, Belgium (GRID:grid.7942.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 713X)
2 UCLouvain, Centre de recherche en démographie, Ottignies, Belgium (GRID:grid.7942.8) (ISNI:0000 0001 2294 713X)
3 Université Gaston Berger (UGB), Saint-Louis, Senegal (GRID:grid.442784.9) (ISNI:0000 0001 2295 6052)
4 Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD), Dakar, Senegal (GRID:grid.442784.9)
5 Université de Thiès, Thiès, Senegal (GRID:grid.442292.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 0498 4764)