Nutrition, Religion, and Widowhood in Nigeria

Milazzo, Annamaria; Walle, Dominique van de

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“…Han et al (2020) adopt the IV approach by using the number of religious sites and find that having a religious belief results in better health outcomes in older adults. The current study is more closer to the first strand; it provides another health outcome for women in Nigeria (in which religion plays a nonnegligible role) that is similar to Milazzo and Van de Walle (2021). In addition, it reveals that the societal and religious norms of segregation of Muslim women cause adverse health outcomes in the mining industry.…”

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“…Regarding the first strand, Almond and Mazumder (2011) and Majid (2015) use Ramadan as a natural experiment and find that observing Ramadan during pregnancy causes adverse health outcomes in children. Milazzo and Van de Walle (2021) point out that Muslim widows have higher nutritional status than Christian widows in Nigeria, which is attributed to the different cultural norms between Islam and Christianity. Regarding the second strand, Fruehwirth et al (2019) employ an instrumental variable (IV) (i.e., the plausibly random variation in the religiosity of adolescents' peers) and show that religiosity decreases adolescent depression by reducing stress.…”

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“…Finally, this study contributes to the literature on how gender-based discriminatory religious practices affect socioeconomic outcomes. Few quantitative studies have investigated this causality (e.g., Milazzo & Van de Walle, 2021), while some qualitative studies have discussed it. For example, Nahar et al (2020) find that Hindu women are deprived of their right to inheritance due to their deep-rooted traditional system and religious values.…”

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How does religion affect health in the gold mining industry? Evidence from Nigeria

Wang

2022

Review Development Economics

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This study investigates the interaction effects of the environmental factors of mining and religion on health.Using data from the Demographic and Health Survey and gold mine geolocation data in Nigeria, the differencein-differences estimation reveals that artisanal and smallscale gold mining in Nigeria has an adverse health effect on Muslim women's fertility. In particular, living near gold mines increases Muslim women's (i.e., the treated group) probability of infecundity or premature menopause by about 12 percentage points compared to Christian women (i.e., the untreated group), and the effects are stronger in northern Nigeria than in southern Nigeria. By eliminating other possible channels, the results show that the main mechanism appears to be Muslim women being more likely to work in gold mines in their family compounds. The results are robust to the alternative distance cutoffs, other measures of health outcomes, and tripledifference approach. Understanding the impact of religion on the health of women in the mining industry may help effectively reduce infertility in developing countries.

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How does religion affect health in the gold mining industry? Evidence from Nigeria

Wang

2022

Review Development Economics

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“…This implies that the number of Nigerian widowed older adults may likely increase as the number of older adults increases. Similar to some other African countries, Nigeria has no documented data depicting the number of widowed older adults, but the study by Milazzo and van de Walle (2018) shows that the number of widows surpasses that of widowers. The authors noted that while only 11% of male older adults are widowers, 77% of female older adults are widows.…”

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The Impacts of Spirituality and Religious Participation on the Emotional Well-Being of Widowed Older Adults in Southeast Nigeria

Ukeachusim,

Okwor,

Eze

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Innovation in Aging

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Background and Objectives The population of older individuals in Africa is increasing, and in a rapid rate. While the numbers of these individuals increase, many African countries including Nigeria are devoid of state-sponsored welfare systems that addresses their well-being. This situation has placed the bulk of support on the family members including spouses. Studies have shown that spouses are considered to be veritable sources of support in later life. However, spousal death tends to reduce the perceived support including emotional support which usually occasions lower well-being, life dissatisfaction, and higher mortality rates. This study ascertains the impact of spirituality/religious participation on the emotional well-being of widowed older adults. Research Design and Methods The study was conducted in Enugu State, south-east Nigeria. The study implemented qualitative approach to collect data from 71 widowed older adults, aged 60 and above. The thematic analytical method was used to analyze the generated data. Results Participating in spiritual/religious activities like prayers; church programs/activities; reading, studying, and meditating on the word of God have enabled the widowed older adults to buffer some of the emotional challenges. Discussion and Implications Older adults should be encouraged to participate in spiritual and religious activities. Religious leaders should also make every effort to be organizing activities that will address the emotional needs of these individuals.

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“…Other women in the household, who are not married to the head such as widows (Milazzo & van de Walle, 2021), may be economically more disadvantaged, have less to say in the decision-making process, and hence be even more price responsive. This pattern is expected to be reversed, however, in female-headed households (Milazzo & van de Walle, 2017).…”

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Gendered Barriers to Formal Health-Care Utilization: Modeling Health-Care Demand in a Low-Resource Setting

Cavatorta,

Janssens,

Mesnard

2024

Economic Development and Cultural Change

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This paper develops a model of healthcare demand to study healthcare choices in resourcelimited settings with poor health indicators, especially for women. Using data from rural Nigeria on individual illnesses and injuries as well as the entire portfolio of locally available providers, we estimate the eect of price, distance and quality on access to care, focussing on the heterogeneous responses to these three factors by gender. We nd that women are more price sensitive than men, in particular in households where they have low bargaining power, while being equally responsive to quality or distance. Using our model to simulate ex-ante the impacts of price interventions, we predict that a full price subsidy in public clinics would substantially increase both men's and women's access to formal care, and almost eliminate the observed gender gap in formal healthcare utilization. Subsidizing both public and private clinics only marginally improves overall access, but it fully eliminates the observed gender gap in addition to broadening the capacity of the health sector to respond to increased demand when public facilities have limited capacity.

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Nutrition, Religion, and Widowhood in Nigeria

Cited by 8 publications

References 36 publications

How does religion affect health in the gold mining industry? Evidence from Nigeria

How does religion affect health in the gold mining industry? Evidence from Nigeria

The Impacts of Spirituality and Religious Participation on the Emotional Well-Being of Widowed Older Adults in Southeast Nigeria

Gendered Barriers to Formal Health-Care Utilization: Modeling Health-Care Demand in a Low-Resource Setting

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