Long-Term Effects of Civil Conflict on Women’s Health Outcomes in Peru

F. Grimard and Sonia Laszlo

World Development, 2014, vol. 54, issue C, 139-155

Abstract: Peru’s internal conflict resulted in over 69,000 deaths and disappearances from 1980 to 2000. We investigate the long-term health effects on women exposed to this conflict in utero and in early life. Utilizing recent Demographic and Health Surveys (DHSs) and district-level conflict data, we find that exposure in utero has long lasting impacts on a woman’s height (an indicator of long-term health), even controlling for life-cycle factors (education and wealth) and the availability of public health centers. We find no long-term effects on short term health (anemia and Body Mass Index (BMI)) or psychosocial indicators (domestic abuse).

Keywords: health; armed conflict; Peru; fetal origins; life-course models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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Working Paper: LONG TERM EFFECTS OF CIVIL CONFLICT ON WOMEN'S HEALTH OUTCOMES IN PERU (2010)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.08.004

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