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Association between gender inequality and index and child mortality rates: a cross-national study of 138 countries.

Authored by:

Brinda, E.M., Rajkumar, A. P., Enemark, U.

Full Citation:

Brinda, E.M., Rajkumar, A. P., Enemark, U. 2015. Association between gender inequality and index and child mortality rates: a cross-national study of 138 countries.. BMC Public Health. 15(97).

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Additional key concepts from this publication:

In general, low- and middle-income countries with high levels of gender inequality have lower levels of immunization coverage.

Key Evidence: An ecological study designed to investigate the association between child mortality rates and gender inequality using the United Nations Development Programme’s Gender Inequality Index (GII), showed that low- and middle-income countries have significantly higher gender inequality and under-5 mortality rates than high-income countries. Greater gender inequality was significantly correlated with lower immunization coverage and higher neonatal, infant, and under-5 mortality.