Benefits of Educating
Girl The benefits of educating girls are numerous --to
individual girls both when they are young and when they become adult women, to
their future families, and to society as whole. Education enables women to
contribute more fully to the social and economic development of their societies.
A girl’s education is also an investment in future generations. The more
educated a mother is, the more likely are her children --particularly her
daughters -- to roll and stay in school. The higher level of
education attained by women is strongly associated with lower child death.
Experts believe more educated women practice better hygiene and
nutrition(营养),use health services more frequently, and survive better. Woman
with more schooling tend to be healthier themselves. Perhaps reflecting their
improved ability to avoid frequent childbearing (分娩)and to take advantage of
available health services during pregnancy(怀孕). The educational
level achieved by women, like family planning services, has the most powerful
influence on family size. The impact of education on family size is strongest
and most consistent for women who have completed some secondary schooling.
Educating girls is three times more likely to lower family size than educating
boys. Education appears to affect family size in many ways. More educated women
not only want fewer children than their less educated husbands, but also
are more likely to use effective contraception(避孕) successfully and to limit
their families to the number of children, which contribute to smaller family
size. Family size is ideal and child death rates are lowest,
therefore, in countries that combine strong family planning and health programs
with high levels of education for women.
According to the article, families and the whole society benefit from women’s ______ .
