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TY - JOUR
T1 - Association Between Maternal Education and Childhood Mortalities in Myanmar
AU - Soe, Khaing
AU - Holland, Paula
AU - Mateus, Ceu
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health, 31 (8), 2019, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health page: https://journals.sagepub.com/home/aph on SAGE Journals Online: http://journals.sagepub.com/
PY - 2019/11/30
Y1 - 2019/11/30
N2 - Maternal education is widely regarded as a core social determinant of child mortality in low-income countries. In Myanmar, the evidence related to context-specific social determinants of health including maternal education is scarce, limiting grounds to advocate for a comprehensive health policy. Employing multivariate methods, the study analyzed the 2015-2016 Demographic Health Survey data exploring independent effect of maternal education on neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality. The study found that maternal education was not significantly associated with neonatal mortality as its effect was confounded by household wealth and geographic residence; however, it had independent effect on infant and under-5 mortality. Mothers with primary education had 23% reduction in the odds of under-5 mortality (P < .001); those with secondary level had 40% reduction (P < .001); and those at higher level had 62% reduction (P < .001). The study concluded that maternal education is a critical social determinant of childhood mortalities in Myanmar.
AB - Maternal education is widely regarded as a core social determinant of child mortality in low-income countries. In Myanmar, the evidence related to context-specific social determinants of health including maternal education is scarce, limiting grounds to advocate for a comprehensive health policy. Employing multivariate methods, the study analyzed the 2015-2016 Demographic Health Survey data exploring independent effect of maternal education on neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality. The study found that maternal education was not significantly associated with neonatal mortality as its effect was confounded by household wealth and geographic residence; however, it had independent effect on infant and under-5 mortality. Mothers with primary education had 23% reduction in the odds of under-5 mortality (P < .001); those with secondary level had 40% reduction (P < .001); and those at higher level had 62% reduction (P < .001). The study concluded that maternal education is a critical social determinant of childhood mortalities in Myanmar.
KW - child mortality
KW - education status
KW - infant mortality
KW - literacy
KW - maternal education
KW - neonatal mortality
KW - under-5 mortality
U2 - 10.1177/1010539519888299
DO - 10.1177/1010539519888299
M3 - Journal article
VL - 31
SP - 689
EP - 700
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Health
SN - 1010-5395
IS - 8
ER -