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| Title |
Social inequality and children’s health in Africa: a cross sectional study
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|---|---|
| Published in |
International Journal for Equity in Health, June 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12939-016-0372-2 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tim B. Heaton, Benjamin Crookston, Hayley Pierce, Acheampong Yaw Amoateng |
| Abstract |
This study examines socioeconomic inequality in children's health and factors that moderate this inequality. Socioeconomic measures include household wealth, maternal education and urban/rural area of residence. Moderating factors include reproductive behavior, access to health care, time, economic development, health expenditures and foreign aid. Data are taken from Demographic and Health Surveys conducted between 2003 and 2012 in 26 African countries. Birth spacing, skilled birth attendants, economic development and greater per capita health expenditures benefit the children of disadvantaged mothers, but the wealthy benefit more from the services of a skilled birth attendant and from higher per capita expenditure on health. Some health behavior and policy changeswould reduce social inequality, but the wealthy benefit more than the poor from provision of health services. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 33% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 33% |
| Scientists | 1 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 147 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 147 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 33 | 22% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 10% |
| Student > Bachelor | 14 | 10% |
| Researcher | 12 | 8% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 27 | 18% |
| Unknown | 37 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 30 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 17 | 12% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 6 | 4% |
| Psychology | 5 | 3% |
| Other | 24 | 16% |
| Unknown | 46 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 27 June 2016.
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#13,983,915
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#1,397
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#195,298
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#36
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