| Titre : | Women's status and child well-being : A state-level analysis. (2006) |
| Auteurs : | Karestan-C KOENEN ; Allison APPLETON ; LINCOLN (Alisa) : USA. Boston University School of Public Health and Boston University School of Medicine. Boston. MA. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Social science and medicine (vol. 63, n° 12, 2006) |
| Pagination : | 2999-3012 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Femme ; Homme ; Statut social ; Mortalité infantile ; Enfant ; Bien être ; Etats Unis ; Amérique ; Nourrisson ; Mortalité ; Epidémiologie ; Prématurité ; Gestation [pathologie] ; Amérique du Nord |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS LR0x250H. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. We conducted an ecologic analysis of the relation between women's status and child well-being in the 50 United States. State-level women's status was assessed via four composite indices : women's political participation, economic autonomy, employment and earnings, and reproductive rights. Child well-being was measured via five outcomes : percentage of low birthweight babies, infant mortality, teen mortality, high school dropout rate, and teen birth rate. Higher state-level women's status on all indicators was associated with significantly better state-level child well-being in unadjusted analyses. Several associations remained significant after adjusting for income inequality and state racial composition. Women's political participation was associated with a significantly lower percentage of low birthweight babies (p<. 001) and lower teen birth rates (p<. 05). Women's employment and earnings was associated with lower infant mortality (p<-05) and teen birth rates (p<. 05). More economic and social autonomy for women was associated with better child outcomes on all measures (p<. 01 all). Greater reproductive rights were associated with significantly lower infant mortality (p<. 01). We conclude that child well-being is worse in states where women have lower political, economic, and social status. Women's status is an important aspect of children's social context which may impact their well-being. Multi-level analyses of the association between state-level women's status and child well-being are needed. |
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