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Demographic and Maternal Correlates of Infant and Child Mortality in Bangladesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Barry Edmonston
Barry Edmonston
Affiliation:
International Population Program, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
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Summary

This paper analyses the influence of maternal factors (mother's age, parity, prior birth interval, and subsequent birth interval) on mortality risk for 2150 Bangladeshi infants and children, taking the sex and age of the child into account. Logistic regression estimates from retrospective maternal birth histories for the period 1966–75 reveal age and sex patterns consistent with previous research. These estimates also demonstrate that there are associations with mother's age and parity, but that prior birth interval emerges as the strongest predictor of mortality risk. It appears that part of the mortality risk of mother's age and parity actually stems from association with shorter prior birth interval, a factor to which infant and child health programmes need to give more attention.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1983 , pp. 183 - 192
Copyright
Copyright © 1983, Cambridge University Press

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