Improving Women’s Education Improves Maternal Health: Evidence from Peru
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2017-07
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Weitzman, Abigail
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University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center
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Maternal mortality in Peru declined over 70 percent between 1990 and 2015. Women’s education levels rose during the same period. This brief by PRC faculty research associate Abigail Weitzman indicates that Peruvian women’s rising education levels contributed to falling maternal mortality rates by reducing the risk of maternal complications and increasing the use of modern contraception and reproductive healthcare.
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Weitzman, A. (2017). Improving women’s education improves maternal health: Evidence from Peru. PRC Research Brief 2(9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.15781/T2G737D3P