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Paediatric care and immunisation among Jordanian children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer ,
Eva Deykin  and
Joseph Potter
Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer
Affiliation:
Department of Population and International Health
Eva Deykin
Affiliation:
Department of Maternal and Child Health, Harvard School of Public Health
Joseph Potter
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, University of Texas, Austin, USA
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Summary

This paper investigates the behavioural aspects of health care use for Jordanian children from birth to 3 years using data from a national survey. Statistical analysis indicate differences in the determinants of the use of paediatric care and immunisation: whereas immunisation coverage was already good in 1983 (and has improved subsequently), paediatric care is used for fewer than half of the children under 1 year of age. Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics of the population, especially female education, and maternal health care use, are important determinants of these patterns of child health care. The absence of differences in paediatric care and immunisation by sex of the child are discussed.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 371 - 381
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Copyright © 1993, Cambridge University Press

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