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Socioeconomic and environmental determinants of child survival in Bangladesh

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Abul Kashem Majumder  and
S. M. Shafiqul Islam
Abul Kashem Majumder
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
S. M. Shafiqul Islam
Affiliation:
Department of Statistics, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
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Summary

Differentials in child survival in Bangladesh have been examined using a number of socioeconomic and environmental factors on data from the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey. Multivariate analysis reveals that both wife's and husband's education and household electricity show a significant positive association with child survival. The respondent's working status exerts a significant negative influence. Wife's education has a greater influence on child survival in Bangladesh than that of husband's education.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , July 1993 , pp. 311 - 318
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Copyright © 1993, Cambridge University Press

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