TY - JOUR
T1 - Childbearing in crisis
T2 - War, migration and fertility in Angola
AU - Avogo, Winfred
AU - Agadjanian, Victor
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was partially supported by the NIH/NICHD(USA) Grant No. R12HD048257.
PY - 2008/9
Y1 - 2008/9
N2 - This study examines the short- and long-term effects of war-induced and war-unrelated migration on fertility outcomes using data from two peri-urban municipalities of Greater Luanda in Angola. In the short term, results from multi-level discrete-time logistic regression models indicate that net of other factors, war-unrelated migration is associated with a lower probability of birth than war-induced migration in a given year. Similar results are obtained when the effects of migration are lagged by a year. At the same time, the effects of war-triggered migration do not differ significantly from those of not migrating in a given year but are statistically significant when the effects of migration are lagged by a year. In the long term, the effects of migration experience on cumulative fertility are negligible and not statistically significant net of demographic and socioeconomic variables. Interpretations of the results are offered in the context of Angola and their broader implications are reflected on.
AB - This study examines the short- and long-term effects of war-induced and war-unrelated migration on fertility outcomes using data from two peri-urban municipalities of Greater Luanda in Angola. In the short term, results from multi-level discrete-time logistic regression models indicate that net of other factors, war-unrelated migration is associated with a lower probability of birth than war-induced migration in a given year. Similar results are obtained when the effects of migration are lagged by a year. At the same time, the effects of war-triggered migration do not differ significantly from those of not migrating in a given year but are statistically significant when the effects of migration are lagged by a year. In the long term, the effects of migration experience on cumulative fertility are negligible and not statistically significant net of demographic and socioeconomic variables. Interpretations of the results are offered in the context of Angola and their broader implications are reflected on.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=48249087348&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=48249087348&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/S0021932007002702
DO - 10.1017/S0021932007002702
M3 - Article
C2 - 18211722
AN - SCOPUS:48249087348
SN - 0021-9320
VL - 40
SP - 725
EP - 742
JO - Journal of Biosocial Science
JF - Journal of Biosocial Science
IS - 5
ER -