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
ESRC Centre for Population Change
Falkingham, Jane
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Evandrou, Maria
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Lyons-Amos, Mark
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June 2012
Falkingham, Jane
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Evandrou, Maria
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Lyons-Amos, Mark
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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
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child health, maternal health, inequality, Central and Eastern Europe, nutrition, ante-natal care, skilled birth attendance
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Social Statistics & Demography, Centre for Population Change
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/354957
ISSN: 2042-4116
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