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Multivariate Analysis of Infant and Child Mortality in Java and Bali

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Terence H. Hull  and
Bhakta Gubhaju
Terence H. Hull
Affiliation:
Demography Department, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Bhakta Gubhaju
Affiliation:
Nepal Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health Project, Kathmandu, Nepal
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Summary

Application of a multivariate analytical technique to the World Fertility Survey data for Java and Bali indicates that demographic variables, particularly the length of the preceding birth interval, are more important in explaining infant and child mortality differentials than are such social variables as education of parents or urban–rural residence. These findings are weakened to some extent by the lack of satisfactory data on household economic status which might have provided a better base for indirectly discerning the effects of nutrition and sanitation on mortality at young ages.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 18 , Issue 1 , January 1986 , pp. 109 - 118
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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