TY - UNPB
T1 - How do Women Learn They Are Pregnant? The Introduction of Clinics and Pregnancy Uncertainty in Nepal
AU - Musse, Isabel
AU - Thornton, Rebecca L.
AU - Ghimire, Dirgha J.
PY - 2017/11/30
Y1 - 2017/11/30
N2 - Woman’s knowledge about her pregnancy state is an important input to decrease maternal mortality and improve the conditions in-utero for the child. This paper explores the effect of the distance to a health clinic on pregnancy knowledge. Using a seven-year, individual level monthly panel dataset in Nepal, I find that living closer to a clinic that offers pregnancy tests decreases in 1.3 percentage points the proportion of women who do not know they are pregnant, from a base of 3.47%. I argue that the results are driven by the provision of the technology of pregnancy testing. Women’s experience with previous pregnancies also contributes to reduce the false negatives.
AB - Woman’s knowledge about her pregnancy state is an important input to decrease maternal mortality and improve the conditions in-utero for the child. This paper explores the effect of the distance to a health clinic on pregnancy knowledge. Using a seven-year, individual level monthly panel dataset in Nepal, I find that living closer to a clinic that offers pregnancy tests decreases in 1.3 percentage points the proportion of women who do not know they are pregnant, from a base of 3.47%. I argue that the results are driven by the provision of the technology of pregnancy testing. Women’s experience with previous pregnancies also contributes to reduce the false negatives.
U2 - 10.2139/ssrn.3078073
DO - 10.2139/ssrn.3078073
M3 - Working paper
BT - How do Women Learn They Are Pregnant? The Introduction of Clinics and Pregnancy Uncertainty in Nepal
ER -