Education policy and under-Five survival in Uganda: Evidence from the demographic and health surveys

Social Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2016, Pages

  Makate, Marshall ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Instrumental variable regression; Maternal education; Uganda; Universal primary education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018952778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20760760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/socsci5040070     Document Type: Article

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