Effect of maternal education on infant and child mortality in rural Kenya

Abstract

As was indi~ated in chapter one, this study not only examines the effects of maternal education on infant and child mortality but also compares the effects of maternal education on infants and child mortality in the high (Nyanza/Western) and low (Central/Rift Valley) mortality regions of rural Kenya This work is divided into six chapters.

Chapter one looks at the introduction to the study, statement of the problem, research questions, objectives, scope and limitation of the study.

Chapter two opens by looking at the literature review, conceptual and operational frameworks on the determinants of infants and child mortality, conceptual and operational hypotheses, definition of key concepts and measurement of the variables.

Chapter three examines the methodology employed in this study; here methods of data collection, source of data, survey design, sampling, data quality, and methods of data analysis are discussed.

• Chapter four looks at preliminary data tests in terms of frequencies, and cross­ tabulations. This permits proper recoding of variables and simple tests of association, if any between each independent variable and the risk of infant and child mortality.

Chapter five looks at the actual data analysis. Here the results of the bivariate and multivariate logistic regression for both rural Kenya and the high and low mortality regions are presented and discussed.

Finally, chapter six looks at the summary of the findings of the study, conclusion and gives some recommendations for policy makers and for further research together with the references.