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The Impact Of The Boko Haram Insurgency In Northeast Nigeria On Childhood Wasting: A Double-Difference Study, Gillian Dunn
The Impact Of The Boko Haram Insurgency In Northeast Nigeria On Childhood Wasting: A Double-Difference Study, Gillian Dunn
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Background: This research examines the relationship between violent conflict and childhood wasting in Northeast Nigeria, where residents have been subjected to fighting between the Nigerian government and Boko Haram - an extremist Islamist movement - since 2009.
Methods: Using two Demographic and Health Surveys from before and after the Boko Haram insurgency started, a double-difference (difference-in-difference) approach is used to assess the impact of the conflict on mean weight for- height z-scores and the likelihood of wasting.
Results: Results suggest that if children exposed to the conflict had not been exposed, their mean weight-for height z-score would be 0.49 standard …