Maternal education and child health: exploring the relationship between mother's educational attainment and diarrhea prevalence among children in the Philippines
| dc.contributor.advisor | Solon, Orville Jose C. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Napolis, Jerald Kino I. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-29T01:54:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-07-29T01:54:54Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2023-06-29 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aims to investigate the relationship between mothers' educational attainment and the incidence of illness among children in the Philippines, while also considering the potential confounding effect of maternal employment that may arise from higher levels of education. The study hypothesizes that higher levels of maternal education lead to lower illness incidence and better child care due to increased knowledge on preventing illnesses and increased possibility of employment leading to better capacity and access to medical care. However, being employed may also result to mothers having less time to take care of their children, potentially contributing to increased illness incidence. The study takes data from 2017 Philippine National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) and uses logit regression analysis to examine the effect of mothers’ years in school and mothers’ presence of work on prevalence of diarrhea among children, the leading cause of illness among children in the Philippines. The findings reveal a significant association between mother's education and the prevalence of diarrhea among children, following a nonlinear pattern, characterized by an inverse U-shape curve. This result emphasizes the importance of educational opportunities for mothers, as higher levels of education, at more than six years of schooling, are associated with a lower likelihood of diarrhea incidence among children. The study also finds that this association is more consistent with working mothers revealing the importance of women's participation in the workforce. The study further concludes that the net effect of a mother attaining an additional year of schooling results in a decrease of 0.0036574 in the predicted likelihood of her child experiencing diarrhea. Therefore, by focusing on policies that increase educational opportunities for women and create supportive work environments, the government can reduce the likelihood of childhood illnesses and contribute to the overall well-being of Filipino children. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://selib.upd.edu.ph/etdir/handle/123456789/93 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.subject | Diarrhea | |
| dc.subject | child health | |
| dc.subject | maternal education | |
| dc.subject | maternal employment | |
| dc.title | Maternal education and child health: exploring the relationship between mother's educational attainment and diarrhea prevalence among children in the Philippines | |
| dc.type | Thesis |