SOCIOECONOMIC, DEMOGRAPHIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL DETERMINANTS OF INFANT-MORTALITY IN NEPAL

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GUBHAJU, B
STREATFIELD, K
MAJUMDER, AK
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[1] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,NATL CTR DEV STUDIES,CANBERRA,ACT 2600,AUSTRALIA
[2] UNIV CHITTAGONG,DEPT STAT,CHITTAGONG,BANGLADESH
[3] AUSTRALIAN NATL UNIV,DEPT DEMOG,CANBERRA,ACT 2600,AUSTRALIA
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10.1017/S0021932000019532
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C921 [人口统计学];
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The Nepal Fertility and Family Planning Survey of 1986 demonstrated that demographic variables, previous birth interval and survival of preceding child, still predominated as determinants of infant mortality, particularly in rural areas of Nepal. However, in urban Nepal, where the level of socioeconomic development is higher, an environmental variable, along with previous birth interval and survival of preceding child emerges as important in determining infant mortality. Separate policy measures for child survival prospects in rural and urban Nepal are suggested. © 1991, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.
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