Associations of formal childcare use with health and human capital development for adolescent mothers and their children in South Africa: A cross‐sectional study.
Aim: This study aims to investigate associations of formal childcare with maternal and child outcomes in a large sample of adolescent mothers. Background: Forty percent of adolescent girls in Africa are mothers. Increasing evidence shows positive impacts of formal childcare use for adult women, but...
| Publicado en: | Child: Care, Health & Development Vol. 50; no. 1; pp. 1 - 18 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jan2024
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