ArticleSSM - population health2017
Variation in the link between parental divorce and children's health disadvantage in low and high divorce settings.
Article in SSM - population health, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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- Reproductive agency and the acceptability of divorce, abortion, and homosexuality among migrants from the Middle East and Africa living in Sweden-a cross-sectional analysis.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Little evidence that nonmonogamous family structures are detrimental to children's well-being in Mpimbwe, Tanzania.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
- Disparate Effects of Disruptive Events on Children.The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF · 2024Article
- Union formation, within-couple dynamics, and child well-being: A global macrolevel perspective.Population, space and place · 2023Article
- Housing and health outcomes: evidence on child morbidities from six Sub-Saharan African countries.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Unequal effects of disruptive events.Sociology compass · 2022Article
- Medical Neglect Allegations in the Context of Conflicted Divorce/Separation Child Custody: What Should the Health Care Provider Do?Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2020Article
- Standardizing Measurement of Contraceptive Use Among Unmarried Women.Global health, science and practice · 2019Article
- Women's Health Decline Following (Some) Unintended Births: A Prospective Study.Demographic researchArticle
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Abstract
Like in other world regions, children with divorced parents in sub-Saharan Africa experience significant heath disadvantages relative to their peers with married parents. Preliminary evidence suggests this disadvantage may not be uniform across the subcontinent's diverse settings. Research from other world regions shows that the childhood health consequences of divorce vary across different contexts. Specifically, we hypothesize that the childhood disadvantages associated with divorce are more severe in regions of sub-Saharan Africa where divorce is rare, and less so where divorce is a more common family experience. Using Demographic and Health Survey data from 290 subnational regions within 31 sub-Saharan African countries, multilevel models document the previously shown link between having a divorced mother and child morbidity and mortality. The study results further demonstrate that the childhood health disadvantage is accentuated in subnational African regions where fewer women are divorced and muted in areas where more women are divorced. The findings demonstrate that the broader context can powerfully moderate childhood health inequalities traditionally thought of as operating at the family or individual level.
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