HERO On line Working Paper Series
No 2003:4:
Child mortality in India: Exploring the community-level effect of education
Øystein Kravdal ()
Abstract: When assessing health benefits of increased education in
developing countries, many researchers have been concerned about the
omission of important determinants of education from the models. This study
illustrates that one should also be concerned about the limitations of the
individual-level perspective. According to a model based on NFHS II data,
the average education among women (but not men) in the census enumeration
area has a strong impact on child mortality, net of the mother’s own
education. The relatively low child mortality associated with women’s
autonomy explains some of this community education effect. In addition, it
operates partly through health knowledge, reproductive behavior and more
proximate determinants of mortality, such as the use of maternity and other
preventive health services, the child’s nutrition, and the mother’s care
for a sick child.
Keywords: Autonomy; Child; Community; Education; Mortality; Multilevel; (follow links to similar papers)
JEL-Codes: I18; I30; (follow links to similar papers)
43 pages, June 21, 2009
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