Women's education and utilization of maternal health services in Africa: A multi-country and socioeconomic status analysis

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 800-822

  Dimbuene, Zacharie Tsala ^a,b,c   Amo Adjei, Joshua ^a,d   Amugsi, Dickson ^a   Mumah, Joyce ^a   Izugbara, Chimaraoke O ^a   Beguy, Donatien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; EDUCATION; EGYPT; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PARITY; PRENATAL CARE; RELIGION; SAMPLING; SOCIAL STATUS; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SOCIAL CLASS; SPOUSES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85033383883     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932017000505     Document Type: Article

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