The Determinants of Birth Weight in Guinea

Aboubacar Kaba (), Sékou Falil Doumbouya () and Mama Keita ()
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Aboubacar Kaba: Directeur National du Bureau de Stratégie et du Développement

Journal of African Development, 2018, vol. 20, issue 1, 39-47

Abstract: This study analyses the determinants of birth weight in Guinea using data from the DHS collected in 2005. The results from econometric analysis show that mother's age, child's sex, area of residence, and tetanus immunization status of the mother are strongly correlated with birth weight in Guinea. However, the size of the correlation between anti-tetanus vaccination and birth weight depends on the estimation method. Thus, it is important to use appropriate estimation method to avoid misleading inference and bad policies.

Keywords: Birth weight; estimation method; Guinea (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C50 I12 I15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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