Maternal education and child mortality in Zimbabwe

Journal of Health Economics

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 97-117

  Grépin, Karen A ^a   Bharadwaj, Prashant ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Fertility; Maternal education; Natural experiment; Returns to education

Indexed keywords

AGE AT MARRIAGE; CHILD MORTALITY; DEVELOPING WORLD; FERTILITY; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL EDUCATION; MATERNAL STRESS; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POLICY; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; ZIMBABWE; BIRTH RATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84946738012     PISSN: 01676296     EISSN: 18791646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2015.08.003     Document Type: Article

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