Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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10471525 | Social Science & Medicine | 2012 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
⺠In urban Mali, important social mediators of women's health include marital status and type, social network and power. ⺠Women with lower household wealth index are more likely to report an illness in the preceding three months. ⺠Polygyny is negatively associated with support by husbands during pregnancy and with use of contraception. ⺠Partially due to their age, widows report higher frequency of illness and resort less often to biomedical care. ⺠These findings highlight the need to target widows and pregnant polygynous women as potentially vulnerable subgroups.
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Authors
Riley M. Bove, Emily Vala-Haynes, Claudia R. Valeggia,