Child Mortality in Rural India

• Tác giả: Bas Van der Klaauw
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 614.13 Forensic toxicology
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2013
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 313682
• Chủ đề: 1. CHILD HEALTH; 2. CHILD MORTALITY; 3. ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF POVERTY; 4. INFANT MORTALITY; 5. SOCIAL INDICATORS

Tóm tắt

The authors focus on infant and child mortality in rural areas of India. They construct a flexible duration model framework that allows for frailty at multiple levels and interactions between the child's age and individual socioeconomic, and environmental characteristics. The model is estimated using the 1998-99 wave of the Indian National Family and Health Survey. The estimated results show that socioeconomic and environmental characteristics have significantly different effects on mortality rates at different ages. These are particularly important immediately after birth. The authors use the estimated model for policy experiments. These indicate that child mortality can be reduced substantially, particularly by improving the education of women and reducing indoor air pollution caused by cooking fuels. In addition, providing access to electricity and sanitation facilities can reduce under-five-years mortality rates significantly.