The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda
There is an extensive literature on violent conflicts such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but few papers examine the profiles of victims and perpetrators, or more broadly the micro-level dynamics of widespread violence. This paper studies the demogr...
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okr-10986-40462021-04-23T14:02:14Z The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda de Walque, Damien Verwimp, Philip ADULT MORTALITY AGE AT MARRIAGE AGED ARMED CONFLICT BIRTH COHORT CENSUS CIVIL WAR CIVILIAN POPULATION CONDOMS CURRENT POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES DISEASES ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED GROUPS ELDERLY EPIDEMIC EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FORCED MIGRATION GENOCIDE GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION MALES MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MOTHER NUMBER OF DEATHS PEACE PHARMACIES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL POWER POOR HEALTH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COMPOSITION POPULATION MOVEMENTS POPULATION STRUCTURE POPULATION STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEES RESEARCH ASSISTANCE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX RATIOS SIBLINGS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VIOLENCE There is an extensive literature on violent conflicts such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but few papers examine the profiles of victims and perpetrators, or more broadly the micro-level dynamics of widespread violence. This paper studies the demographic consequences of the Rwandan genocide and how the excess mortality due to the conflict was distributed in the population. Data collected by the 2000 Demographic and Health Survey indicate that although there were more deaths across the entire population, adult males were the most likely to die. Using the characteristics of the survey respondent as a proxy for the socio-economic status of the family dead, the results also show that individuals with an urban or more educated background were more likely to die. Over and above the human tragedies, a long-term cost of the genocide is the country's loss of productive skills. 2012-03-19T19:09:01Z 2012-03-19T19:09:01Z 2009-03-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20090303082217 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/4046 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4850 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Central Africa Rwanda |
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ADULT MORTALITY AGE AT MARRIAGE AGED ARMED CONFLICT BIRTH COHORT CENSUS CIVIL WAR CIVILIAN POPULATION CONDOMS CURRENT POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES DISEASES ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED GROUPS ELDERLY EPIDEMIC EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FORCED MIGRATION GENOCIDE GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION MALES MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MOTHER NUMBER OF DEATHS PEACE PHARMACIES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL POWER POOR HEALTH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COMPOSITION POPULATION MOVEMENTS POPULATION STRUCTURE POPULATION STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEES RESEARCH ASSISTANCE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX RATIOS SIBLINGS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VIOLENCE |
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ADULT MORTALITY AGE AT MARRIAGE AGED ARMED CONFLICT BIRTH COHORT CENSUS CIVIL WAR CIVILIAN POPULATION CONDOMS CURRENT POPULATION DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES DEMOGRAPHIC CONSEQUENCES DISEASES ECONOMIC STATUS EDUCATED GROUPS ELDERLY EPIDEMIC EXCESS MORTALITY FAMILIES FAMILY PLANNING FERTILITY FERTILITY RATE FORCED MIGRATION GENOCIDE GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEVEL OF EDUCATION MALES MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MIGRATION MOTHER NUMBER OF DEATHS PEACE PHARMACIES POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL POWER POOR HEALTH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION COMPOSITION POPULATION MOVEMENTS POPULATION STRUCTURE POPULATION STUDIES PRIMARY EDUCATION PROBABILITIES PROBABILITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES REFUGEE REFUGEE CAMPS REFUGEES RESEARCH ASSISTANCE SECONDARY EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL SEX SEX RATIOS SIBLINGS SOCIAL STATUS SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS URBAN AREAS VICTIMS VIOLENCE de Walque, Damien Verwimp, Philip The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda |
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Africa Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Central Africa Rwanda |
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Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 4850 |
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There is an extensive literature on
violent conflicts such as the 1994 Rwandan genocide, but few
papers examine the profiles of victims and perpetrators, or
more broadly the micro-level dynamics of widespread
violence. This paper studies the demographic consequences of
the Rwandan genocide and how the excess mortality due to the
conflict was distributed in the population. Data collected
by the 2000 Demographic and Health Survey indicate that
although there were more deaths across the entire
population, adult males were the most likely to die. Using
the characteristics of the survey respondent as a proxy for
the socio-economic status of the family dead, the results
also show that individuals with an urban or more educated
background were more likely to die. Over and above the human
tragedies, a long-term cost of the genocide is the
country's loss of productive skills. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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de Walque, Damien Verwimp, Philip |
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de Walque, Damien Verwimp, Philip |
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de Walque, Damien |
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The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda |
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The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda |
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The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda |
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The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda |
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The Demographic and Socio-economic Distribution of Excess Mortality during the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda |
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demographic and socio-economic distribution of excess mortality during the 1994 genocide in rwanda |
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2012 |
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