Gender equality is better for mothers and children.(Brief article)

Publication: International Family Planning Perspectives

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In the developing world, improving women's autonomy and household authority may also improve children's chances of survival, according to a study of 7,534 children born between 1988 and 1993 in six subdistricts of Bangladesh and their mothers. (1) In hazard regression models of neonatal (first 28 days), postneonatal (28-365...

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