Childhood exposure to birth registration laws and old-age mortality.
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DOI: 10.1002/hec.4643
Abstract: This paper studies the effects of the enactment of birth registration laws, as the official universal and uniform method of recording births, across US states in the first decades of the 20th century on old-age… read more here.
Keywords: birth registration; old age; registration laws;
Legal identity for all? Gender inequality in the timing of birth registration in Mexico
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DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2019.104778
Abstract: Abstract Despite recent advances, many low and middle-income countries do not have a comprehensive system for civil registration. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal of providing ‘legal identity for all’ therefore requires an effort to… read more here.
Keywords: birth registration; legal identity; registration; gender inequality ... See more keywords
Born in the twilight zone: Birth registration in insurgent areas
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DOI: 10.1017/s1816383120000168
Abstract: Abstract Insurgent groups are registering births in territories which they control, and yet States do not recognize insurgent birth registration, resulting in a legal vacuum with harsh consequences for children. Based on international human rights… read more here.
Keywords: born twilight; insurgent; birth; birth registration ... See more keywords
Improving the demand for birth registration: a discrete choice experiment in Ethiopia
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DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2019-002209
Abstract: Introduction Birth registration remains limited in most low and middle-income countries. We investigated which characteristics of birth registration facilities might determine caregivers’ decisions to register children in Ethiopia. Methods We conducted a discrete choice experiment… read more here.
Keywords: birth registration; discrete choice; registration; registration facilities ... See more keywords
How reliable are self-reported estimates of birth registration completeness? Comparison with vital statistics systems
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0252140
Abstract: Background The widely-used estimates of completeness of birth registration collected by Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and published by UNICEF primarily rely on registration status of children as reported… read more here.
Keywords: completeness; reported estimates; registration; birth registration ... See more keywords