title: [Maternal mortality in Peru].
abstract: The author investigates maternal mortality in Peru using data from the second Demographic and Family Health Survey (ENDES-II) carried out in 1991-1992.  "The inclusion of a module about adult mortality in the questionnaire of the ENDES II [made it possible] to estimate maternal mortality using a set of questions about the sisters of the women interviewed. The study highlights the inverse relation between levels of maternal mortality and education, [especially] the relevance of formal education for decreasing the incidence of maternal mortality." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D007843:Latin America; D008428:Maternal Mortality; D009026:Mortality; D010568:Peru; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013020:South America; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Estimation Technics; Indirect Estimation Technics; Latin America; Maternal Mortality--determinants; Mortality; Peru; Population; Population Dynamics; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; South America
vernacular_title: La mortalidad materna en el Peru.