Maternal Mortality Risk and Spousal Differences in the Demand for Children

Ashraf, Nava; Field, Erica; Voena, Alessandra; Ziparo, Roberta

doi:10.3386/w28220

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“…Communication between spouses over contraception and reproductive objectives points to an egalitarian dynamic in the couple's relationship. According to existing studies, couples who talk about how many kids they want or how they want to have them are more likely to use a contraceptive and fulfill their reproductive objectives than couples who do not (Ashraf et al, 2020).…”

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Sperm Switch: A New Trend in Reducing Maternal Mortality

Awe,

Fadare

2024

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The study looked at the emerging practice of switching sperm to reduce maternal mortality in Ekiti State. Secondary data from the chosen health facilities in Ekiti State was used in the study. The major beneficiaries of family planning programs have historically been women, and men have been seen as the services' invisible partners. The study's ideas included male involvement in family planning, the effect caused by sperm switching on family planning, its difficulties, ways to use sperm switching to lower maternal death rates, and the responsibilities of midwives and the government in the process. The study's implications for nursing practice are that nurses and midwives undergoing training should be able to apply the sperm switch approach, and nurses should conduct additional research on new trends in family planning, particularly sperm switching, as well as the advantages of male involvement in family planning. The suggestion is that political commitment, priorities, effective governance, and enough financing should be given top priority. In addition, men should receive advice regarding the reversibility of the sperm switch method, and more awareness should be raised regarding the sperm switch strategy's positive effects on health when used with male contraceptives for family planning.

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Section: Concept Of Male Involvement In Family Planningmentioning

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Sperm Switch: A New Trend in Reducing Maternal Mortality

Awe,

Fadare

2024

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“…Correcting this information gap is critical but challenging. Ashraf et al (2020) show that when a man and woman are in conflict over having another child (with the man preferring to have one), it can prevent effective communication of the risks incurred by women. Evidence from an information intervention in Zambia shows husbands have lower knowledge of maternal health risk and do not update their beliefs in response to information unless it is delivered directly to them (and not their wives).…”

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“If you compete with us, we shan't marry you” The (Mary Paley and) Alfred Marshall Lecture

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2021

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helped improve this paper with useful comments. We thank Yale Economics Growth Center and Yale Economics Department's Scarf undergraduate RA program for financial support. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.NBER working papers are circulated for discussion and comment purposes. They have not been peer-reviewed or been subject to the review by the NBER Board of Directors that accompanies official NBER publications.

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“…Such interventions are common (see, e.g., Bursztyn et al, 2020;Bandiera et al, 2020;Lowe and McKelway, 2021;Ashraf et al, 2022) and have a potential for affecting IPV incidence if they address important household decisions, potentially sparking disagreements and conflict between spouses.…”

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Keeping the peace whilst getting your way: Information, persuasion and intimate partner violence

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Cassidy,

Janssens

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We study the effects on intimate partner violence (IPV) of new information received by women only, men only, or both, relevant to a high-stakes joint household decision. We model communication between spouses as Bayesian persuasion where disagreements elevate the risk of IPV. Our framework predicts that IPV will be lower when only one spouse is informed, compared to when both are, as the opportunity for persuasion by one spouse leads to more agreement. To test the model's predictions we leverage an existing randomized controlled trial of an edutainment intervention addressing child marriage decisions for girls in rural Pakistan, targeted at men, women, or both. Our empirical findings confirm the prediction that the likelihood of IPV is highest when men and women are jointly targeted. Due to systematic gender differences in preferences, our persuasion model further predicts that marriage delays are largest when targeting men alone or jointly with women and smallest when targeting women alone, predictions that are also confirmed in the data.

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Maternal Mortality Risk and Spousal Differences in the Demand for Children

Cited by 13 publications

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Sperm Switch: A New Trend in Reducing Maternal Mortality

Sperm Switch: A New Trend in Reducing Maternal Mortality

“If you compete with us, we shan't marry you” The (Mary Paley and) Alfred Marshall Lecture

Keeping the peace whilst getting your way: Information, persuasion and intimate partner violence

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