Open AccessFemale literacy rate is a better predictor of birth rate and infant mortality rate in India
Author(s) -
Suman Saurabh,
Sonali Sarkar,
Dhruv K Pandey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of family medicine and primary care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7135
pISSN - 2249-4863
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4863.123889
Subject(s) - medicine , infant mortality , literacy , mortality rate , birth rate , demography , environmental health , fertility , population , economic growth , sociology , economics
Educated women are known to take informed reproductive and healthcare decisions. These result in population stabilization and better infant care reflected by lower birth rates and infant mortality rates (IMRs), respectively.