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Educational Attainment and Child Mortality Estimates by Country 1970-2009

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General Info
Provider 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Geography 
Global
Coverage type 
Global
Time period covered 
01/1970 - 12/2009
Data type
Estimate
Summary 

IHME research, published in The Lancet, provides estimates of the educational attainment of men and women for 175 countries by age group and sex, and includes confidence intervals. The study, "Increased educational attainment and its impact on child mortality: a systematic analysis in 175 countries from 1970 to 2009," examines gains in women's education and their contribution to declines in child mortality in the past 40 years.

Keywords 
Child mortality, Education
Related publications and visualizations 
Increased educational attainment and its effect on child mortality in 175 countries between 1970 and 2009: a systematic analysis
Citation
Contributors 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Funders 
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)
State of Washington
Publisher 
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME)
Publication year 
2010
Suggested citation 

Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation. Educational Attainment and Child Mortality Estimates by Country 1970-2009. Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, 2010.

GHDx Entry last modified on: Mar 31, 2019