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Organized Violence and Institutional Child Delivery: Micro-Level Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa, 1989-2014.

The conditions under which a mother gives birth greatly affect the health risk of both the mother and the child. This article addresses how local exposure to organized violence affects whether women give birth in a health facility. We combine geocoded data on violent events from the Uppsala Conflict...

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Published in:Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 55; no. 4; pp. 1295 - 1317
Main Authors: Østby, Gudrun, Urdal, Henrik, Tollefsen, Andreas Forø, Kotsadam, Andreas, Belbo, Ragnhild, Ormhaug, Christin
Format: journal article
Published: Springer Nature Aug2018
Subjects:
Sub-Saharan Africa
Violence
Mother-child relationship
Parenting
Motherhood
Public health
Maternal health services
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