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Education and infant survival in rural Bangladesh.
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This paper explores the mechanism through which socioeconomic status affects infant deaths in rural Bangladesh and finds that both neonatal deaths and postneonatal deaths were found to be higher in number among those whose mothers have no schooling.About:
This article is published in Health Policy and Education.The article was published on 1982-03-01. It has received 21 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Infant mortality & Birth weight.read more
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Maternal education and child survival in developing countries: the search for pathways of influence.
TL;DR: Assessment of the various mechanisms or intervening factors which could explain how mother's education influences the health and survivorship of her children is made and the relevance of such studies for formulation of health and educational policies is stressed.
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Child mortality differentials in Sudan
TL;DR: In this article, two micro data sources are used to describe major dimensions of child mortality variation in Sudan: 1) a sample of household records from the 1973 Census of Population reveals an extraordinarily strong regional variation in mortality levels even after controlling for certain conventional household socioeconomic indicators; 2) a survey of Khartoum conducted by John Caldwell contains a much richer set of independent variables.
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Cryopreservation of semen in men with testicular tumour or hodgkin's disease: results of artificial insemination of their partners
TL;DR: After cryopreservation of semen from men with testicular tumours or Hodgkin's disease the success rate of artificial insemination of their partners was analysed and sperm density and sperm motility were important in predicting the likelihood of pregnancy.
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Improved pregnancy outcome in refugees and migrants despite low literacy on the Thai-Burmese border: results of three cross-sectional surveys
Verena I. Carrara,Celia Hogan,Cecilia De Pree,François Nosten,François Nosten,Rose McGready,Rose McGready +6 more
TL;DR: Significant reductions in poor pregnancy outcome over time have not been driven by changes in literacy rates, which have remained low, and access to early diagnosis and treatment of malaria in this population, and delivery with skilled birth attendants, despite ongoing low literacy, appears to have played a significant role.
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Maternal schooling and childhood mortality
TL;DR: It is asserted that mass education appears to be indispensable for the achievement of high survival except perhaps in a country like China with a unique ability for mass mobilization.
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Education as a factor in mortality decline: an examination of Nigerian data
TL;DR: It is concluded that womens education in societies like that of the Yoruba in Nigeria can produce profound changes in family structure and relationships which in turn may influence both mortality and fertility levels.
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Social and Biological Factors in Infant Mortality: IV. THE INDEPENDENT EFFECTS OF SOCIAL CLASS, REGION, THE MOTHER'S AGE AND HER PARITY
TL;DR: An investigation of stillbirths neonatal (within 4 weeks of birth) deaths and postneonatal deaths in single legitimate births in England and Wales in 1949 revealed that the 4 following factors had independent effects: maternal age parity social class and region where the birth occurred.
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Family formation patterns and health
TL;DR: In this paper, family formation patterns and health, family formation pattern and health, Family formation pattern, health, and health problems, and family formation, family pattern, etc., are discussed.
Demographic Surveillance System -- Matlab: Volume 5 vital events migration and marriages 1976.
Ruzicka Lt,Chowdhury Ak +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present results of the surveillance for 1976 in three sections: a summary overview of the vital events (migration marriages divorces) recorded in 1976 with a descriptive analysis of the results; a study of marriage and divorce patterns in 1975-76; and selected cross tabulations of the recorded events.