The causal effect of increased primary schooling on child mortality in Malawi: Universal primary education as a natural experiment

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 72-83

  Makate, Marshall ^a   Makate, Clifton ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Infant and under five mortality; Instrumental variable regression; Malawi; Mother's education; Neonatal; Universal primary education

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; EDUCATION POLICY; LEARNING; MOTHERS EDUCATION; NEONATE; PRIMARY EDUCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; FATHER; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL VARIABLE ANALYSIS; JUVENILE; LEARNING; MALAWI; MALE; MORTALITY RATE; MOTHER; NEWBORN MORTALITY; PRENATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY SCHOOL; ADULT; CAUSALITY; INFANT; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

MALAWI;

ADULT; CAUSALITY; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84988037350     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.09.003     Document Type: Article

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