Relationship between Receipt of a Social Protection Grant for a Child and Second Pregnancy Rates among South African Women: A Cohort Study.
Social protection programs issuing cash grants to caregivers of young children may influence fertility. Grant-related income could foster economic independence and/or increase access to job prospects, education, and health services, resulting in lower pregnancy rates. In the other direction, these p...
Main Authors: | Molly Rosenberg, Audrey Pettifor, Nadia Nguyen, Daniel Westreich, Jacob Bor, Till Bärnighausen, Paul Mee, Rhian Twine, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2015-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4580643?pdf=render |
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