Women's education, child welfare and child survival: a review of the evidence

J Hobcraft

Women's education, child welfare and child survival: a review of the evidence

Health Transit Rev. 1993 Oct;3(2):159-75.

Author

J Hobcraft¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Population Studies and Centre for the study of Global Governance, London School of Economics, London, UK.

PMID: 10146571

Abstract

This paper reviews recent evidence concerning the relative importance of women's education for child health, especially child survival in the Third World. Important regional patterns are uncovered, and particular attention is paid to discussion of the weaker associations observed in sub-Saharan Africa.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Africa South of the Sahara / ethnology
Child Welfare*
Cross-Cultural Comparison
Developing Countries
Educational Status*
Health Behavior
Humans
Immunization
Infant Mortality
Multivariate Analysis
Prevalence
Women / education*