Mahalanabis D, Faruque A S, Islam A, Hoque S S
International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh.
J Biosoc Sci. 1996 Apr;28(2):129-39. doi: 10.1017/s0021932000022197.
In a case-control study among the urban poor of Dhaka, Bangladesh, the association of maternal education and family income with severity of disease due to diarrhoea in children was examined. After adjusting for family income, 7 or more years of school education was associated with 54% reduced risk of severe disease as indicated by the presence of dehydration. Income in the uppermost quartile of this population, independently of maternal education, was associated with 41% reduced risk of severe disease compared to the lowest quartile. In the logistic regression model the effect of maternal education remained high after adjustment for several confounders. Based on the concept that socioeconomic variables operate through a set of proximate variables it is contended that maternal education, independently of economic power, through its impact on disease from acute diarrhoea, favourably influences child survival.
在孟加拉国达卡市城市贫困人口中开展的一项病例对照研究中，对母亲教育程度和家庭收入与儿童腹泻疾病严重程度之间的关联进行了调查。在对家庭收入进行调整后，接受7年或7年以上学校教育与因脱水导致的严重疾病风险降低54%相关。该人群中收入处于最高四分位数的情况，独立于母亲教育程度，与最低四分位数相比，严重疾病风险降低41%。在逻辑回归模型中，在对多个混杂因素进行调整后，母亲教育程度的影响仍然很大。基于社会经济变量通过一组近因变量起作用的概念，有人认为母亲教育程度独立于经济实力，通过其对急性腹泻疾病的影响，对儿童生存产生有利影响。
