Impact of Conflict on Adolescent Girls in South Sudan
Violent conflict and instability affect men and women in heterogeneous ways, including differentiated impacts on economic, social, physical, and mental well-being. This study assesses the impact of the post-2013 conflict in South Sudan on adolescen...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/650731531234819360/Impact-of-conflict-on-adolescent-girls-in-South-Sudan http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29983 |
| Summary: | Violent conflict and instability affect
men and women in heterogeneous ways, including
differentiated impacts on economic, social, physical, and
mental well-being. This study assesses the impact of the
post-2013 conflict in South Sudan on adolescent girls and
young women. The analysis uses data from the Adolescent
Girls Initiative endline survey and the Armed Conflict
Location & Event Data to measure conflict exposure using
constructed cluster-level, self-reported, and external
conflict exposure variables. The impact of conflict exposure
is then estimated on a set of socioeconomic outcomes of
adolescent girls by comparing exposed and non-exposed
clusters before and after the conflict. The results suggest
that girls from clusters more affected by the conflict had
statistically different outcomes compared with girls from
less affected clusters. Specifically, there is strong
evidence that the conflict negatively affected outcomes
related to income opportunities, aspirations, marriage, and
household characteristics, but increased self-reported
empowerment and entrepreneurial potential scores. The
results indicate that impacts on labor supply, personal
motivation, household conditions, and other forms of
victimization are important channels through which conflict
negatively impacts adolescent girls. |
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