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USING INDIRECT METHODS TO UNDERSTAND THE IMPACT OF FORCED MIGRATION ON LONG-TERM UNDER-FIVE MORTALITY

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2004

KAVITA SINGH
Affiliation:
MEASURE Evaluation, UNC-Chapel Hill, USA
UNNI KARUNAKARA
Affiliation:
Medecins Sans Frontieres, Amsterdam, Holland
GILBERT BURNHAM
Affiliation:
Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University, USA
KENNETH HILL
Affiliation:
Bloomberg School of Public Health Johns Hopkins University, USA

Abstract

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.

Type
Regular Articles
Copyright
© 2004 Cambridge University Press

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