The Effects of Birth Spacing on Infant and Child Mortality, Pregnancy Outcomes, and Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh

Julie DaVanzo, Abdur Razzaque, Mizanur Rahman, Lauren Hale, Kapil Ahmed, Mehrab Khan, Golam Mustafa and Kaniz Gausia

No WR-198, Working Papers from RAND Corporation

Abstract: Using a large, high-quality longitudinal dataset on around 145,000 pregnancy outcomes gathered over a period of more than twenty years from an experimental setting in Matlab, Bangladesh, this paper seeks a better understanding of the effects of the lengths of interbirth intervals on infant and child mortality and on maternal mortality and morbidity.

Pages: 160 pages
Date: 2004-12
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