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Essays On Health Disparities And Income-Related Health Inequality In Sub-Saharan Africa, Marshall Makate
Essays On Health Disparities And Income-Related Health Inequality In Sub-Saharan Africa, Marshall Makate
Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)
This dissertation comprises of five empirical essays. Essay one assesses the impact of prenatal care quality and its components on child mortality using nationwide data from the Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Surveys (ZDHS), 1999-11. Results indicate that increasing prenatal care quality by one unit improves neonatal, infant and under-five survival by about 42.33, 30.86, and 28.65%, respectively and all statically significant at the 1% level.