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2/4/2013

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With widespread intimate partner violence in Tanzania (39% according to DHS) and in Meatu district (35% according to my sample), there is likely a   relationship between contraceptive use and violence. It's hard to say what exactly that relationship is, especially with the difficulty of establishing causality when these things are all related to the personal intricacies of an intimate relationship. This study in the Journal of Biosocial Science, however, finds a strong relationship between covert contraceptive use and violence.

But again, does that mean using the pill in secret increases violence, or is it the case that women who experience violence are more likely to hide the pill? Researchers wanted.

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    Aine Seitz McCarthy

    International development, economics and some pretty ambitious ideas from a stubborn graduate student clinging to her sense of adventure.


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