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INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY IN THREE CULTURALLY CONTRASTING STATES OF INDIA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2001

PAULA GRIFFITHS ,
ANDREW HINDE  and
ZOË MATTHEWS
PAULA GRIFFITHS
Affiliation:
Carolina Population Center, University Square CB#8120, 123 West Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27516–3997, USA
ANDREW HINDE
Affiliation:
Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ
ZOË MATTHEWS
Affiliation:
Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ
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Abstract

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Using cross-sectional, individual-level survey data from Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh collected under the Indian National Family Health Survey programme of 1992–93, statistical modelling was used to analyse the impact of a range of variables on the survival status of children during their first 2 years of life. Attention was focused on the potential impact of the mother’s autonomy. The strongest predictors of mortality were demographic and biological factors, breast-feeding behaviour, and use and knowledge of health services. Variables that can be interpreted as being related to maternal autonomy, such as the presence of a mother-in-law in the household, did not have a significant direct effect on child survival at the individual level, and their indirect effects were very limited.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 33 , Issue 4 , October 2001 , pp. 603 - 622
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© 2001 Cambridge University Press