The Effect Of Education On Life Expectancy - 1487 Words

Effect of Education on Life Expectancy Secondary education enrolment rate is considered a key determinant of life expectancy (Appiah and McMahon, 2002). Table 1.2 shows that male and female life expectancy at birth and at specific ages is consistently positively related with enrolment at different educational levels. Enrolments at the elementary and the secondary stages are statistically significant at 0.01 level and also for the combined enrolments for the age groups of 6-18 years. This finding is consistent with studies by Cochrane et al., 1980 and Grossman and Kaestner, 1997 who after controlling for income find that those with more education live longer. The study of Frank and Mustard (1994) also reports that education enables†¦show more content†¦*: Significant at 1 per cent level. **: Significant at 1 per cent level. As expected, LEXP and IMR are showing negative association and are statistically significant in all regression equations. Infant mortality is important to longevity. Education influences life expectancy mostly through this channel. In other words, education reduces infant mortality that in turn influences longevity favourably. Effect of Education on Fertility Rate Table 135 contains the regression coefficients for educational progress of female and total fertility rate on the basis of 17 years time series data. The indicators of enrolment growth for different age groups and education levels are inversely related with fertility rates. All the relations are statistically significant at 0.01 level. It shows that increased female education at all the stages (i.e. primary, elementary, secondary and