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Education Complements Health Status of Households in Kerala: A Study of Malappuram District
Health is a persistent source of education development and social welfare of a nation. There is unpredictable qualitative and quantitative association between education and health. This paper is generated from the pilot survey results of the research works of the authors. In this paper the researche...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS)
2014
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/004716.pdf |
| Summary: | Health is a persistent source of education development and social welfare of a nation. There is
unpredictable qualitative and quantitative association between education and health. This paper is generated
from the pilot survey results of the research works of the authors. In this paper the researchers assess about the
link between education and health by stating two objectives: to examine the status of education and health of
people in Kerala and to analyse the influence of education and other individual characteristics on the health
status of households. A multiple regression model has been applied for the analysis of data. An education
index is constructed by taking the actual years of formal education of individuals ages 23 and above since they
have most likely already be completed their formal education. For the construction of aggregate health index
(AHI), the researchers have framed nine other health indices namely, Physical Environment Index (PEI), Life
Style Disease Index (LSDI), Consumption Index (CMPNI), Intoxicant Abuse Index (IAI), Health Awareness
Index (HAI), Maternal Health Index (MHI), Health Maintaining Index (HMI), Individual Hygiene Index (IHI)
and Nutritious Food Index (NFI). This paper exhibits that there is an improvement in the education and health
status of people of Kerala during the analysis period of seven decades. Education has a positive significant
association on the health status of households. Income of the households is negatively related with health status
in the study area since, higher income households diagnose their health problems and reported it properly. Age
status is negatively related with health status of households. The sex ratio and the year of marriage are
positively associated with level of education. |
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| Physical Description: | PP 50-55 Volume 19, Issue 1, (Jan. 2014) |