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Impact of Maternal Death on Household Economy in Rural China: A Prospective Path Analysis

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  • Fang Ye
  • Deng Ao
  • Yao Feng
  • Lin Wang
  • Jie Chen
  • Dale Huntington
  • Haijun Wang
  • Yan Wang
  • Economic Impact of Maternal Deaths in China

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Objectives: The present study aimed to explore the inter-relationships among maternal death, household economic status after the event, and potential influencing factors. Methods: We conducted a prospective cohort study of households that had experienced maternal death (n = 195) and those that experienced childbirth without maternal death (n = 384) in rural China. All the households were interviewed after the event occurred and were followed up 12 months later. Structural equation modeling was used to test the relationship model, utilizing income and expenditure per capita in the following year after the event as the main outcome variables, maternal death as the predictor, and direct costs, the amount of money offset by positive and negative coping strategies, whether the husband remarried, and whether the newborn was alive as the mediators. Results: In the following year after the event, the path analysis revealed a direct effect from maternal death to lower income per capita (standardized coefficient = -0.43, p = 0.041) and to lower expenditure per capita (standardized coefficient = -0.51, p

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  • Fang Ye & Deng Ao & Yao Feng & Lin Wang & Jie Chen & Dale Huntington & Haijun Wang & Yan Wang & Economic Impact of Maternal Deaths in China, 2015. "Impact of Maternal Death on Household Economy in Rural China: A Prospective Path Analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 10(8), pages 1-14, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0134756
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0134756
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