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Patternsof Mortality in Childhood
Fia. 140. Educational Level of Mothers of Deceased
Children Under 5 Years of Age in 14 Cities.
PER CENT
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Fia. 141. Educational Level of Mothers of Deceased
Children Under 5 Years of Age in 16 Areas
of Seven Projects.
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portion of mothers with at least one ycar
of education (97.9 per cent) and also the
highest with scondary or university (30.8 educa- and
tion (60.8 per cent). In Metropolitan
Kingston, though the percentage with secondary
or university education wats not high
(11.2), that for mothers with three or more
years' primary education was very high
(82.2) and nmany had completed primary
school. In the Latin American projects, the
cities of San Juan and Santiago had the
highest percentages of mothers with secondary
or university education (30.8 and a
28.0). At least half the mothers in all the
cities except Recife had received at least
some education. InRcie th ecetg
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do ed the aiaioswee1oedi rra ncioS
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of mnothers, taken as an indicator of sociocconomic
conditions, is a factor that must be
The difrecsineuctoallve.e
Thediferece ineduatina leel e-taken into account when planning health
of seven projects can be seen in Figure 141. programs. Written educational material can
lo nievenpr he rr rea o1 seldom be an effective means of reaching
The levels were lmothers
with little or no schooling.
Chaco Province and of El Salvador and in
Viacha, Bolivia, where mothers with no Mortality by Age Group
education constituted 44.8 to 60.0 per cent of
the total. In all seven projects the level was
highest in cities and lowest in rural areas,
In Table 168 mortality of children in the
same three age groups as those used above
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UNIVERSITY 3 YEARS I AND 2
AND OVER YEARS
The two projects with very high infant
death rates in rural areas (as vell as high
rates in cities)-El Salvador and Boliviahad
the lowest educational levels of these
of The wides ariato rote in
El Salvador, where 60.0 fac cent of mothers
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