Evidence for causal links between education and maternal and child health: systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Numerous studies have documented an inverse association between years of schooling attained, particularly by women, and reduced maternal, infant and child mortality. However, if factors affecting educational attainment - many of which are unobservable, e.g. motivation and genetic endowment - also affect the likelihood of engaging in behaviours that enhance health, then assumed effects of schooling will be inflated in analyses that do not address this endogeneity. This systematic review assesses evidence for a causal link between education and maternal and child health in low and middle-income countries.

Methods

Eligible studies controlled for observable and unobservable factors affecting both education and health. Reported effects were converted into partial correl

SUBMITTER: Mensch BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6519047 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature