Abstract
ÜLKELERİN EĞİTİM YAPISI İLE SAĞLIK DURUMU İLİŞKİSİ ÜZERİNE BİR ARAŞTIRMA
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of education, as a social determinant of health, on the health status of countries and to present new evidence on the relationship between education and health. Indicators used regarding the education structure as a social determinant of health; The duration of compulsory education is determined as the Percentage of Education Expenditures in public expenditures and the percentage of slope in GNP share. Indicators of health status are maternal mortality rate, infant mortality rate and life expectancy at birth. Data on relevant indicators were obtained from World Bank data. Accordingly, according to the results of the study conducted in a total of 137 countries and autonomous administrative regions, it was determined that there were statistically significant relationships between education indicators and health status, and all three indicators related to the education structure were important predictors of health status indicators. It was determined that the duration of compulsory education, the Percentage of Slope in GNP Share and the Percentage of Education Expenditures in Public Expenditures explained 20.9% of the total variance on the maternal mortality rate, 29.1% of the total variance in infant mortality rate and 27.8% of the total variance in life expectancy at birth.
Keywords
Social determinants of health, education, health status, countries.
