Socioeconomic determinants of child mortality: Evidence from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey

Rana Ejaz Ali Khan, Khadija Malik Bari () and Muhammad Ali Raza
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Rana Ejaz Ali Khan: The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur
Muhammad Ali Raza: Institute of Business Administration, University Road, Karachi

Business Review, 2018, vol. 13, issue 2, 34-50

Abstract: This paper attempts to highlight socioeconomic determinants of child mortality in Pakistan. Binary logistic regression is applied to 7297 observations from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13. The results reveal that probability of child mortality decreases with greater birth-interval, child’s large size at birth, more family members, mother’s education, mother’s ownership of assets and mother’s decision-making at the household level. Policy makers can work to improve mothers’ characteristics such as fertility behavior, education, empowerment and decision-making at the household level, to reduce child mortality.

Keywords: Child; mortality; ·; Fertility; behavior; ·; Women; empowerment. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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