Maternal education, child immunizations, and public policy: Evidence from the US National Immunization Survey

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1765-1772

  Racine, Andrew D ^a,c   Joyce, Theodore J ^b,c  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Child health status; Maternal education; USA; Vaccines

Indexed keywords

PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

CHILD CARE; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMUNIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VACCINATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; IMMUNIZATION; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED STATES;

CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; IMMUNIZATION PROGRAMS; INFANT; MOTHERS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548629249     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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