Effect of Conflict on Age at Marriage and Age at First Birth in Rwanda |
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Authors: | Anuja Jayaraman Tesfayi Gebreselassie S Chandrasekhar |
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Institution: | (1) Macro International Inc., 11785 Beltsville Drive, Suite 300, Calverton, MD 20705, USA;(2) Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research, Mumbai, India |
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Abstract: | Using Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2005 data, we estimate a Cox proportional hazard model to identify the determinants
of age at marriage and age at first birth and whether these decisions were affected by conflict. We find that women living
in clusters accounting for a larger proportion of sibling deaths in 1994, the year of the genocide, were more likely to marry
later and have children later compared with those living in clusters accounting for a lower proportion of sibling deaths.
Women living in regions with higher levels of under-five mortality were more likely to have their first child earlier compared
with women living in regions with lower infant mortality. The age at marriage was probably affected by two reasons: the change
in age structure and sex ratio of the population following the genocide, and the breakdown of kinship in the case of women
who lost their siblings. |
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