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Effects of education upon health and nutrition: The Indirect Effects of Investment in Human Capital

Effects of education upon health and nutrition: The Indirect Effects of Investment in Human Capital

One indirect effect of expenditure on education may be its effects on health. Within developing
countries, the children of educated parents face lower risks of premature death. This is apparent from
analysis of both the World Fertility Surveys and the subsequent Demographic and Health Surveys
(Hobcraft, 1993). Parental education is also associated with better child anthropometric status (weight
and height), although the association is less marked than that with mortality. However, in socio-economic
surveys, educated parents are often more likely to report that their children have been ill. This suggests
that educated parents are better at recognising medical problems in their children.
Part of the association between parental education and child mortality may work via household
income. However, the independent impact of education in models which carefully control for
income shows this cannot be the only transmission mechanism. Indeed, many studies have found
education to have a stronger direct effect on child health than income.8 The direct effect of education
may be informational. In Uganda, recent work found educated mothers to be better informed about
various diseases and that such information was strongly associated with lower child mortality (Mackinnon,
1995). Similarly, in Morocco, mothers’ education appears to improve child anthropometric status by
providing cognitive skills which increase knowledge about health (Glewwe, 1997). In Côte d’Ivoire
and Kenya, educated mothers are more likely to send sick children for treatment (Appleton, 1992).

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(Visit African's Website) The African Development Bank is the premier financial development institution of Africa, dedicated to combating poverty and improving the lives of people of the continent and engaged in the task of mobilizing resources towards the economic and social progress of its Regional Member Countries.The Bank’s s mission is to promote economic and social development through loans, equity investments, and technical assistance. The ADB is a multilateral development bank whose shareholders include 53 African countries and 24 non-African countries from the Americas, Asia, and Europe. It was established in 1964, with its headquarters in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, and officially began operations in 1967.

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