| Literature DB >> 3787693 |
H Pickering, R J Hayes, N Ng'andu, P G Smith.
Abstract
A group of 479 children born in a peri-urban West African community during a two-year period was studied in an attempt to identify social and environmental factors associated with the risk of dying in early childhood. Comparison of the characteristics of the 17 children that had died with those of the 462 survivors suggested an increased risk among the children of self-employed women, and among children living in compounds in which animals were kept. Of 500 mothers who were studied (including some whose children were born elsewhere), 145 had experienced at least one child death. When these 145 women were compared with the remaining 355, several factors related to living conditions, maternal education and health knowledge were found to be associated with the risk of child mortality.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Behavior; Child Mortality; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality; Economic Factors; Education; Educational Status--women; Employment Status--women; English Speaking Africa; Gambia; Geographic Factors; Health Education; Housing; Infant Mortality; Life Style; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Quality Of Life; Research Report; Residence Characteristics; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Urban Population; Western Africa
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Year: 1986 PMID： 3787693 DOI： 10.1016/0035-9203(86)90045-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg ISSN： 0035-9203 Impact factor: 2.184