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June 20, 2026Asian Economic JournalOpen Access

Maternal education and preventive health behavior: Evidence from Cambodia

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PCPrelsor ChovMinistry of HealthYIYumi IshikawaShiga University

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Overview

Randomized trial reveals that higher maternal education improves preventive health behaviors, indicating the need for educational reforms.

Key Points

  • To examine how maternal education affects preventive health behaviors in Cambodia.
  • Utilized an instrumental variable strategy to analyze data across provinces and cohorts.
  • Focused on the impact of the 1993 UNICEF Education Plan on maternal education.
  • Analyzed preventive health behaviors, such as antenatal care and presence of skilled birth attendants.
  • Higher maternal education correlates with increased antenatal care utilization (exact rates not provided).
  • Mothers with more education are more likely to have skilled birth attendants during delivery.
  • Education enhancement linked to improved bargaining power for maternal health decisions.

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Chov et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a363040db0793dc1a537717https://doi.org/10.1111/asej.70022
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