Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, we investigated the role of childbearing history in later life health … better self-rated health in Western German mothers and fathers aged 50+, but its relationship with Eastern German women …'s physical health and survival is negative. Early motherhood is paralleled by poorer physical health in West Germany, whereas …

long been battle grounds for the often rancorous debates about the provisions of the Reproductive Health (RH) Law. In …-appropriate health and sexuality education in schools. Critics then raised a public health concern, saying that exposing children to … reproductive health care, especially mandatory sexuality education, leads to earlier sexual initiation and higher rates of sexual …

apply the 'MIMIC' approach to the 2009 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Children’s health is better when the woman …In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning … decision-making, husband/partner's use of violence, woman's attitude towards this violence, available information, and …