Affiliation:
1. Standards Council of Canada Ottawa Ontario Canada
Abstract
AbstractThis paper analyses the impact of the 2002–2011 period of instability in Côte d'Ivoire on child health. It uses two rounds of DHS surveys (1998–1999 and 2011–2012) and geo‐referenced data on conflict event locations, which gives more precise estimates of the effects of conflict on child welfare. Regressions using both spatial and temporal variations of conflict events across birth cohorts show a negative association between proximity to conflict events and child height‐for‐age z‐score. The study also suggests that maternal stress and disruptions of healthcare services are possible channels through which conflict affects child wellbeing.
Subject
Development,Geography, Planning and Development