The Urban Disadvantage: State of the World's Mothers 2015

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Abstract: This report focuses on our rapidly urbanizing world and the poorest mothers and children who must struggle to survive despite overall urban progress. This report presents analysis of health disparities between rich and poor in cities. It finds that in most developing countries, the poorest urban children are at least twice as likely to die as the richest urban children. In some countries, they are 3 to 5 – or even more – times as likely to die. The Mothers’ Index uses data on women’s health, children’s health, educational attainment, economic well-being and female political participation to rank 179 countries and show where mothers and children fare best and where they face the greatest hardships.

Keywords: Mothers; health; women; children; maternal health; maternal mortality; urban health; childcare (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-07
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