TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Conflict and contraception in Colombia
JO  - Studies in family planning
A1  - Svallfors, Signe
A1  - Billingsley, Sunnee
SP  - 87
EP  - 112
VL  - 50
IS  - 2
N2  - This study explores how armed conflict relates to contraceptive use in Colombia, combining data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program and Demographic and Health Surveys 1990-2016. Our study is the first systematic effort to investigate whether and how violent conflict influences women's contraceptive use, using nationally representative data across all stages of women's reproductive careers. With fixed effects linear probability models, we adjust for location-specific cultural, social, and economic differences. The results show that although modern contraceptive use increased over time, it declined according to conflict intensity across location and time. We find no evidence that this relationship varied across socioeconomic groups. Increased fertility demand appears to explain a small portion of this relationship, potentially reflecting uncertainty about losing a partner, but conflict may also result in lack of access to contraceptive goods and services.<br><br>© 2019 The Population Council, Inc.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0039-3665
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sifp.12087
ID  - ref1
ER  -