@article{Schellekens_45_24,
author = {Schellekens, Jona},
title={{Maternal education and infant mortality decline: The evidence from Indonesia, 1980–2015}},
journal = {Demographic Research},
volume = {45},
number = {24},
pages = {807--824},
doi = {10.4054/DemRes.2021.45.24},
year = {2021},
abstract = {Background: Better maternal education has been credited with making a major contribution to infant mortality decline. Most of the evidence is based on cross-sectional analyses, which show a strong correlation between maternal education and infant mortality. However, cross-sectional analyses do not provide an estimate of the contribution of maternal education to infant mortality decline. 

Objective: The major objective is to obtain a more accurate estimate of the contribution of maternal education to infant mortality decline. 

Methods: Pooling data from all available phases of the Demographic and Health Survey, this article presents a longitudinal, individual-level analysis of the determinants of trends in infant mortality in Indonesia. 

Results: Better maternal education explains 15% of the infant mortality decline in Indonesia from 1980 to 2015. 

Contribution: The article presents the results of the largest individual-level study of its kind in terms of length of the period covered and number of infants involved. },
URL = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol45/24/},
eprint = {https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol45/24/45-24.pdf}
}