Aslam, M;
Kingdon, GG;
(2012)
Parental Education and Child Health - Understanding the Pathways of Impact in Pakistan.
World Development
, 40
(10)
pp. 2014-2032.
10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.007.
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Abstract
This study investigates the relationship between parental schooling on the one hand, and child health outcomes (height and weight) and parental health-seeking behavior (immunization status of children), on the other. Using unique data from Pakistan, we aim to understand the mechanisms through which parental schooling promotes better child health and health-seeking behavior. The following “pathways” are investigated: educated parents’ greater household income, exposure to media, literacy, labor market participation, health knowledge, and the extent of maternal empowerment within the home. We find that while father’s education is positively associated with the immunization decision, mother’s education is more critically associated with longer term health outcomes in OLS equations. Instrumental Variable (IV) estimates suggest that father’s health knowledge is most positively associated with immunization decisions while mother’s health knowledge and her empowerment within the home are the channels through which her education impacts her child’s height and weight respectively.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Parental Education and Child Health - Understanding the Pathways of Impact in Pakistan |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.007 |
| Publisher version: | http://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2012.05.007 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | parental schooling, mother’s health knowledge, father’s health knowledge, media exposure, maternal empowerment, child health, Pakistan, South Asia |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Education > UCL Institute of Education > IOE - Education, Practice and Society |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10129165 |
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