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Post-neonatal mortality in rural India: implications of an economic model.
- Source :
- Demography (Springer Nature); Aug1982, Vol. 19 Issue 3, p371-389, 19p
- Publication Year :
- 1982
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Abstract
- In this paper we develop and test a theory of childhood mortality after the first month of life. Parents are assumed to have well-defined family size and sex composition objectives and to face severe budget constraints. In this set of circumstances, it is understandable that they will make allocative decisions that will affect the survival probabilities of children. These decisions and the environmental influences on mortality are the basic forces which determine whether a child will survive through the post-neonatal period. The model is tested with survey data from rural Uttar Pradesh, India. The results are consistent with the hypothetical framework discussed above. The burden of this pattern of choice is felt particularly strongly by female births. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHILD mortality
MORTALITY
ECONOMETRICS
FAMILIES
SOCIAL science research
ATTITUDE (Psychology)
COMPARATIVE studies
ECONOMICS
FERTILITY
INFANT mortality
MATHEMATICAL models
RESEARCH methodology
MEDICAL cooperation
REGRESSION analysis
RESEARCH
RURAL population
SEX distribution
THEORY
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
EVALUATION research
CROSS-sectional method
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00703370
- Volume :
- 19
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Demography (Springer Nature)
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 16799424
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2060977