CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Barkha, Syeda Kaosar Jahan |
|---|---|
| Title | Impacts of Women's Education on Maternal Health in Bangladesh |
| Summary | The study focuses on the educational factors that influence the health of mothers. Improving women’s health is a key objective for almost all the developing countries. A country’s socio-economic status depends on its inhabitants’ health, where mother’s health is a must for a healthy nation. Recently, there has been an improvement in reducing the maternal and infant mortality rate in Bangladesh. However, the country is still struggling with the rate of health risks faced by adolescent mothers. Socioeconomic indicators such as educational status, knowledge about healthy food and health services are impacting the health risks of adolescent mothers. In my thesis, I seek to examine that how educational status itself as a social indicator has an impact on the health of the mothers. The estimation of the relation between educational status and mother’s health was taken using two different estimation models: Probit Analysis and OLS Regression. I found a significant relationship between safe child birth and the educational background of the participant and her husband. Increase in educational level has a positive impact in increasing the rate of safe child birth. I found no correlation between a vast number of factors related to maternal health and education. Based on these findings, as an important step to improve maternal health, ensuring the overall educational status of the nation is the most feasible measure for the government. However, for the long run, measures such as introducing health facilities and improved health centers might help in reducing the maternal health risks of the mothers. |
| Supervisor | Kisilowski, Maceij |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/barkha_syeda.pdf |
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