Maternal Mortality and Female Literacy Rates in Developing Countries during 1970–2000: A Latent Growth Curve Analysis

Table 1

Sources of data for the selected determinants of maternal mortality ratio (1970–2000).

Variables	Data sources
Maternal mortality ratio	Retrieved July 18, 2012, from (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SH.STA.MMRT), World Development Indicators, 2012, and a study published in the Lancet [19]; http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dybsets/1980%20DYB.pdf, Demographic Year Book, 1980
GDP per capita	Retrieved July 26, 2012, from (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.CD), World Development Indicators, 2012
Female literacy rate	Retrieved August 10, 2012, from (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.FE.ZS), World Development Indicators, 2012
Age at Marriage	Retrieved August 12, from; (http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/WMD2008/Data/UNPD_WMD_2008_MARITAL_STATUS.xls), World Marriage Data, 2008, and http://statinfo.biz/Data.aspx?act=2029&lang=2, Daily Caloric Intake Data, 2012