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Inequalities in child and maternal health outcomes in CEE and the CIS

Inequalities in child and maternal health outcomes in CEE and the CIS
Inequalities in child and maternal health outcomes in CEE and the CIS
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialism in Europe, there was a universal drop in economic wellbeing in former socialist countries. This in turn influenced demographic behaviours, with a slump in fertility and fall in life expectancy. Maternal and child health also suffered setbacks, due to rising poverty rates and the erosion of service provision. This paper evaluates progress in former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of socialism, with a particular focus on the health related Millennium Development Goals. In particular, we analyse child health with a focus on child nutritional status, immunisation and the maternal health indicators of pre- and ante-natal care and skilled birth attendance. Data are taken from the UNICEF multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS-3) for countries in Southern/Balkans Europe (Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) and the CIS/Caucasus (Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Krygystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). We compare overall variation between and within countries, as well as by key demographic characteristics of urban/rural residence, (maternal) education, household wealth and ethnicity.
child health, maternal health, inequality, Central and Eastern Europe, nutrition, ante-natal care, skilled birth attendance
2042-4116
24
ESRC Centre for Population Change
Falkingham, Jane
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Evandrou, Maria
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Lyons-Amos, Mark
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Falkingham, Jane
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Evandrou, Maria
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Falkingham, Jane, Evandrou, Maria and Lyons-Amos, Mark (2012) Inequalities in child and maternal health outcomes in CEE and the CIS (ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper Series, 24) ESRC Centre for Population Change 34pp.

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Abstract

Following the collapse of the Soviet Union and socialism in Europe, there was a universal drop in economic wellbeing in former socialist countries. This in turn influenced demographic behaviours, with a slump in fertility and fall in life expectancy. Maternal and child health also suffered setbacks, due to rising poverty rates and the erosion of service provision. This paper evaluates progress in former socialist countries in Central and Eastern Europe since the fall of socialism, with a particular focus on the health related Millennium Development Goals. In particular, we analyse child health with a focus on child nutritional status, immunisation and the maternal health indicators of pre- and ante-natal care and skilled birth attendance. Data are taken from the UNICEF multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS-3) for countries in Southern/Balkans Europe (Albania, Bosnia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia) and the CIS/Caucasus (Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Krygystan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan). We compare overall variation between and within countries, as well as by key demographic characteristics of urban/rural residence, (maternal) education, household wealth and ethnicity.

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Published date: June 2012
Keywords: child health, maternal health, inequality, Central and Eastern Europe, nutrition, ante-natal care, skilled birth attendance
Organisations: Social Statistics & Demography, Centre for Population Change

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Local EPrints ID: 354957
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/354957
ISSN: 2042-4116
PURE UUID: f1067989-fa3f-4ab5-82c9-73faac23edfc
ORCID for Jane Falkingham: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-7135-5875
ORCID for Maria Evandrou: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2115-9358

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Date deposited: 14 Aug 2013 09:01
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 03:24

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Author: Jane Falkingham ORCID iD
Author: Maria Evandrou ORCID iD
Author: Mark Lyons-Amos

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