Diokno, Benjamin E.Rabang, Christia Rizza A.2024-11-142024-11-142011-10https://selib.upd.edu.ph/etdir/handle/123456789/1266Using cross-national analysis of eight fixed effects estimation models (four primary models and four modified models), this study determines the effects of three key -contraceptive prevalence, -contraceptive prevalence, access to maternal (as services (as measured by presence of skilled birth attendants), (as economic growth (as measured by GDP per capita)- on the maternal mortality rate while controlling for other variables - health expenditure per capita, women's labor force participation, and literacy The of women to men. The results (two primary the first four models (two primary models and their respective modified models) of the study show that contraceptive prevalence is highly significant and has negative effects on the maternal mortality rate, (again, the results of the latter four models (again, two primary models and their respective modified models) reveal that presence of skilled birth attendants is also significant For also has negative effects on the maternal mortality rate. For all primary models, GDP per capita shows to have variations Excluding significance and in the effects on the maternal mortality rate. Excluding GDP per capita in the modified models gives better results on the effects of contraceptive prevalence and presence of skilled birth attendants on the maternal mortality rate.enmaternal mortality ratecontraceptive prevalenceskilled birth attendantseconomic growthfixed effectsThesis