Female labour participation and infant mortality in Nigeria: implication for the sustainable development goal 3
Afr J Reprod Health. 2024 Mar 31;28(3):30-37. doi: 10.29063/ajrh2024/v28i3.4.ABSTRACTOver the time, link between female labour participation and infant mortality has become a subject of debate among scholars and policymakers in developing countries. This subject becomes more critical for a country like Nigeria where there is a persistent challenge to attain minimal global infant mortality rates by 2030, and where over 47% of female working population is unemployed. Against this background, this study utilizes fully modified ordinary least squares to estimate the relationship between female labour participation and infant m...
Source: African Journal of Reproductive Health - April 7, 2024 Category: African Health Authors: Yulong Zheng Zhonghang Gong Emmanuel O Ajayi Timothy A Aderemi Source Type: research
