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Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi
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| author | Lemani, Clara |
| author2 | Moultrie, Tom |
| author_browse | Lemani, Clara Moultrie, Tom |
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| spelling | oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/5895 Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi Lemani, Clara Moultrie, Tom Demography Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references. Mortality of children under the age of five has been the main target of public health policies (Gakusi and Garenne 2006). There has been a significant decline in under-five mortality in the twentieth century in almost all countries regardless of initial levels and socio-economic factors, although the rate of decline has been different in different regions (UNIGME 2012). Malawi, a country in the sub-Saharan region, is characterised by high infant and child mortality. Using data from 2010 Malawi Demographic and Health Survey, infant mortality in Malawi was estimated at 66 deaths per 1000 births while child mortality was at 50 deaths per 1000 births (NSO and ORC Macro 2011). Studies have been conducted to identify covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi but none of these used recent data and none has included HIV/AIDS as a risk factor (Baker 1999; Bolstad and Manda 2001; Kalipeni 1992; Manda 1999). This study aims at examining bio-demographic, socio-economic and environmental factors associated with infant and child mortality in Malawi. Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data for 2004 and 2010 are used. 2014-07-31T12:40:00Z 2014-07-31T12:40:00Z 2013 Master Thesis Masters MPhil http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5895 eng application/pdf Centre for Actuarial Research (CARE) Faculty of Commerce University of Cape Town |
| spellingShingle | Demography Lemani, Clara Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi |
| thesis_degree_str | Master's |
| title | Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi |
| title_full | Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi |
| title_fullStr | Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi |
| title_full_unstemmed | Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi |
| title_short | Modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in Malawi |
| title_sort | modelling covariates of infant and child mortality in malawi |
| topic | Demography |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/5895 |
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