Maternal education benefits immunization rates of all community members, not only mothers’ own children. In Nigeria, children’s odds of being fully immunized improved by 1.06 times for every additional year of education the mothers received. Children’s odds of being fully immunized increased by 1.2 times for each additional year of maternal education in the community.
Full Citation:
Burroway, R., Hargrove, A.. 2018. Education is the antidote: Individual- and community-level effects of maternal education on childhood immunizations in Nigeria. Social Science and Medicine. 213.
Title of Article: Education is the antidote: Individual- and community-level effects of maternal education on childhood immunizations in Nigeria
Author(s): Burroway, R., Hargrove, A.
Publication Year: 2018
Publication Name: Social Science and Medicine
Publication Volume: 213
Publication Source URL: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30059899
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.07.036