Author:
Cochrane SH; OHara DJ; Leslie J
Source:
Washington, D.C., World Bank, 1980 Jul. 95 p. (World Bank Staff Working Paper No. 405.)
Abstract:
This paper investigates the effects of education on health. It is divided into 3 parts; the first examines the socioeconomic determinants of mortality using cross-national evidence; it also offers a comparative analysis of the relationship between income and life expectancy. The second part presents an attempt at modeling the effects of education on health by showing a model of household production of health. The last part reviews the evidence relating parental education, child health, child nutritional status, and analyzes the determinants of child mortality. It is concluded that maternal education is closely related to child health whether measured by nutritional status or infant and child mortality. How education acts to affect child health is unclear, although better nutrition among children of the more educated has been well-documented here, and this would lead to improved survival. The extent, however, these effects result from improved knowledge or from higher income is unclear. The analysis suggests that income differences cannot explain all the effects. Tabular presentations are used throughout the paper to summarize the main findings of the various statistical analyses.
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