Using indirect methods to understand the impact of forced migration on long-term under-five mortality.
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MEASURE Evaluation, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA.Issue Date
2005-11
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Journal of Biosocial ScienceAbstract
Despite the large numbers of displaced persons and the often-lengthy periods of displacement, little is known about the impact of forced migration on long-term under-five mortality. This paper looks at the Brass Method (and adaptations of this method) and the Preceding Birth Technique in combination with a classification of women by their migration and reproductive histories, in order to study the impact of forced migration on under-five mortality. Data came from the Demography of Forced Migration Project, a study on mortality, fertility and violence in the refugee and host populations of Arua District, Uganda and Yei River District, Sudan. Results indicate that women who did not migrate in a situation of conflict and women who repatriated before the age of 15, had children with the highest under-five mortality rates compared with women who were currently refugees and women who repatriated after the age of 15.PubMed ID
16221323Language
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0021-9320ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1017/S002193200400700X
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