Determinants of infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe: Results of multivariate hazard analysis

Joshua Kembo and Jeroen K Van Ginneken
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Joshua Kembo: University of South Africa
Jeroen K Van Ginneken: Nederlands Interdisciplinair Demografisch Instituut (NIDI)

Demographic Research, 2009, vol. 21, issue 13, 367-384

Abstract: This study addresses important issues in infant and child mortality in Zimbabwe. The objective of the paper is to determine the impact of maternal, socioeconomic and sanitation variables on infant and child mortality. Results show that births of order 6+ with a short preceding interval had the highest risk of infant mortality. The infant mortality risk associated with multiple births was 2.08 times higher relative to singleton births (p

Keywords: infant and child mortality; Zimbabwe; under-five mortality; Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS); Cox proportional hazards models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2009.21.13

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