Rwanda: Child survival and the fertility of refugees in Rwanda after the genocide

In the 1960s and 1990s, internal strife in Rwanda has caused a mass flow of refugees into neighbouring countries. This paper explores the effect of violent conflict on the reproductive behaviour of affected populations, particularly on the cumulated fertility of Rwandan refugee women and the survival of their children. To this end, the authors use a national survey covering 6420 former refugee and non-refugee households conducted between 1999 and 2001.