Assessing Burden of Infant Mortality on Socio-Economic Classes in North-Eastern India

Sanjeeva Kumar Jha () and Ningthoukhongjam Vikimchandra Singh ()
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Sanjeeva Kumar Jha: North-Eastern Hill University
Ningthoukhongjam Vikimchandra Singh: North-Eastern Hill University

Chapter Chapter 13 in Issues on Health and Healthcare in India, 2018, pp 241-253 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The present chapter assesses the burden of infant mortality on socio-economic classes by measuring the effects of socio-economic classes on infant mortality. The socio-economic classes as provided by the District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3) conducted by International Institute of Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai in collaboration with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MoHFW), Government of India, and district-level infant mortality data for the seven northeast Indian states as reported by MoHFW are used for the analysis. The data exhibit a high degree of intra-state correlation as well as a high degree of inter-district spatial correlation. A generalized linear mixed model approach capitalizing on the intra-state correlation is adopted for the analysis. Further, spatial analysis of data has been performed using Conditional Autoregressive (CAR) model. The results are discussed and mapped.

Keywords: Socio-economic classes; Infant mortality; Generalized linear mixed model; Conditionally autoregressive model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-6104-2_13

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