Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes

This thesis is composed of five chapters including three essays of original work relating to maternal employment and child health outcomes. The first chapter provides a motivation, a brief description of the data used and a summary of the findings. Chapter two, forms one of the three essays and prov...

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Main Author: Wasswa, Gabriel
Format: Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:English
Published: 2019
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description This thesis is composed of five chapters including three essays of original work relating to maternal employment and child health outcomes. The first chapter provides a motivation, a brief description of the data used and a summary of the findings. Chapter two, forms one of the three essays and provides findings on the impact of maternal employment and household socio-economic status on child health. The chapter uses data from Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys (UDHS) for 2006 and 2011. Chapter three is the second essay in this thesis and again uses Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys for the same years 2006 and 2011 but with a different unit of analysis from the second chapter, as it focuses on mothers instead of children. It investigates factors that influence mothers’ decision choices for employment and subsequently the employment sector. The last essay forms chapter four which uses a UK rich data set of ‘Understanding Society’ to investigate the impact of maternal employment on a child’s happiness. We make our general conclusion in chapter five and the appropriate recommendations.
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spelling nottingham-593192025-02-28T12:16:08Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59319/ Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes Wasswa, Gabriel This thesis is composed of five chapters including three essays of original work relating to maternal employment and child health outcomes. The first chapter provides a motivation, a brief description of the data used and a summary of the findings. Chapter two, forms one of the three essays and provides findings on the impact of maternal employment and household socio-economic status on child health. The chapter uses data from Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys (UDHS) for 2006 and 2011. Chapter three is the second essay in this thesis and again uses Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys for the same years 2006 and 2011 but with a different unit of analysis from the second chapter, as it focuses on mothers instead of children. It investigates factors that influence mothers’ decision choices for employment and subsequently the employment sector. The last essay forms chapter four which uses a UK rich data set of ‘Understanding Society’ to investigate the impact of maternal employment on a child’s happiness. We make our general conclusion in chapter five and the appropriate recommendations. 2019-12-12 Thesis (University of Nottingham only) NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en arr https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59319/1/PhD%20Dissertation-Gabriel%20Wasswa.pdf Wasswa, Gabriel (2019) Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes. PhD thesis, University of Nottingham. Stunting Comparative Wealth Index maternal employment Polygamous and Monogamous Marriages routine intermediate professional jobs
spellingShingle Stunting
Comparative Wealth Index
maternal employment
Polygamous and Monogamous Marriages
routine
intermediate
professional jobs
Wasswa, Gabriel
Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes
title Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes
title_full Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes
title_fullStr Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes
title_full_unstemmed Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes
title_short Essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes
title_sort essays on maternal employment and child health outcomes
topic Stunting
Comparative Wealth Index
maternal employment
Polygamous and Monogamous Marriages
routine
intermediate
professional jobs
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/59319/