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POPULATION STUDIES-A JOURNAL OF DEMOGRAPHY
Volume 60, Issue 2, Pages 223-231Publisher
ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/00324720600684767
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Cambodia; genocide; Khmer Rouge; mortality; fertility; marriage; health; education
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The study presented in this paper is an examination of the long-term impact of genocide during the period of the Khmer Rouge regime (1975-79) in Cambodia. The very high and selective mortality of the period had a major impact on the population structure of Cambodia. Fertility and marriage rates were both very low under the Khmer Rouge, but recovered immediately after the regime's collapse. Because of the shortage of eligible men, the age and education differences between partners tended to decline. The period also had a lasting impact on the educational attainment of the population. The school system collapsed during the period and therefore individulas-especially men-who were of school age at the time have a lower educational attainment than those from the preceding and subsequent birth cohorts.
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