title: Parental education and child mortality in Burundi.
abstract: This paper examines the relationship between parental education and child mortality in Burundi using data collected in the 1987 Demographic and Health Survey. Proportional hazards models are estimated to examine this relationship, while holding constant other known child mortality determinants. Parental education proves to be a key factor in explaining differences in child mortality, the effect of maternal education being particularly strong compared to paternal education.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Population Studies, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, University of London.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: O'Toole
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Wright
mesh_terms: D001722:Birth Order; D002063:Burundi; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008423:Maternal Age; D009790:Occupations; D010290:Parents; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models