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Abstract
This paper examines the effects of a child's place of birth, mother's education, region of residence and rural and urban residence on infant mortality in Nigeria between 1965 and 1979, using data from the 1981/82 Nigeria Fertility Survey. Infant mortality rates declined in all regions between 1965 and 1979. Children born in modern health facilities, irrespective of their mothers' place of residence, experienced significantly lower rates of infant mortality than those born elsewhere. Logistic regression analysis showed that all other variables tested were also significant, although some to a lesser degree. Efforts to reduce infant mortality in Nigeria should include policies that rectify rural and urban differentials in the distribution of health facilities and encourage their use.Entities:
Keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Delivery Of Health Care; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; English Speaking Africa; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Fertility Surveys; Geographic Factors; Health; Health Facilities; Infant Mortality--determinants; Interdisciplinary Studies; Logistic Model; Mathematical Model; Models, Theoretical; Mortality; Nigeria; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Residence Characteristics; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Spatial Distribution; Western Africa
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Year: 1994 PMID： 7983098 DOI： 10.1017/s002193200002160x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Biosoc Sci ISSN： 0021-9320