An index for quantifying female education and child health in emerging economies

To construct an index to measure female education and child health in the least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia. The design of our index includes the variables of female education and child health defined in the goals of the Millennium Declaration. For this purpose, we used Pena's P2 distanc...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2015-02, Vol.100 Suppl 1 (Suppl 1), p.S10-S12
Main Authors: Rodríguez Martín, José Antonio, Holgado Molina, María del Mar, Salinas Fernández, José Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asia
Child
Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data
Developing Countries
Educational Measurement - statistics & numerical data
Educational Status
Female
Health Planning
Health Promotion
Healthcare Disparities
Humans
Mothers - education
Poverty
Socioeconomic Factors
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Summary:To construct an index to measure female education and child health in the least developed countries (LDCs) of Asia. The design of our index includes the variables of female education and child health defined in the goals of the Millennium Declaration. For this purpose, we used Pena's P2 distance method for 2011, the last year for which data were available for the set of variables. We have proposed a territorial measure and classification of female education and child health in the LDCs of Asia. We believe that the most striking differences between countries relate to basic female education variables such as girls' primary completion rate, and female literacy.
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/archdischild-2014-306164