Demand for Vaccination in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Vertical Legacy of the Slave Trade

Children's vaccination rate against measles will be negatively correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade.

Coefficient and significance given for test with cluster-year fixed effects and ethnic, child, mother, and household controls.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Linear probability model	Supported	p<0.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Measles vaccination rate	Dependent	Morbidity, Public Health And Sanitation, Preventive Medicine
Maternal ancestral group exportation of slaves	Independent	History, Slavery

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Athias, Laure	2022	Children's vaccination rate for measles will be negatively correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade and matrilineal inheritance.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Athias, Laure	2022	Children's vaccination rate against measles will be negatively correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade and preference for traditional religious practices.	Supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Athias, Laure	2022	Children's vaccination rate for measles will be negatively correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade and precolonial type of political succession.	Not supported	3	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Athias, Laure	2022	Consenting to a blood test for anemia will be negatively correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Athias, Laure	2022	Usage of insecticide-treated bed nets will not be correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade.	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author