Unadjusted analyses investigated associations between primary exposures (any conflict exposure, any tsunami exposure, mental disorder) and outcome (absenteeism), followed by exploratory analyses of individual conflict/tsunami exposures and absenteeism where cell sizes allowed.
Please note that the variable measuring exposure to conflict measures the number of years of schooling age that the individual was exposed to conflict (i.e. based on timing of the conflict), while the displacement variable indicates the number of years of schooling age that the individual was displaced abroad.
The cross-sectional design of the study and lacking of a measure of exposure to conflict violence at the individual level may have limited the ability to capture association between exposure to armed conflict and outcomes.
capmint1: Hi Hind, Ibrahim and Anas, exposure to conflict impacts everyone differently; what, if any changes, good and bad, have you noticed in yourselves, and seen in others?
Research often has found that perhaps as a result of exposure to conflict and aggression in the home and at school bullies suffer from mental health problems.
Hawkins said during a visit to London: "As pressure is put on Islamic State in the next few months, that in turn is going to be put on hundreds of children either through enforced recruitment or exposure to conflict.
1.26pm BST capmint1 25 July 2013 11 17am Hi Hind, Ibrahim and Anas, exposure to conflict impacts everyone differently, what, if any changes, good and bad, have you noticed in yourselves, and seen in others?
We first consider exposure to conflict risk.
Second, it is important to note that substantial evidence indicates that exposure to conflict in Burundi was random (Uvin 1999).
We follow the same approach of Verwimp and Van Bavel (2014) to create a variable in which exposure to conflict varies by province and age cohort.
