The Role of Wealth and Mother's Education in Infant and Child Mortality in 26 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Evidence from Pooled Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data 2003-2011 and African Development Indicators (ADI), 2012
The Role of Wealth and Mother's Education in Infant and Child Mortality in 26 Sub-Saharan African Countries: Evidence from Pooled Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) Data 2003-2011 and African Development Indicators (ADI), 2012
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10.1007/s11205-015-1225-x
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发表时间：
2017-02-01
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3.1
通讯作者：
Akanegbu, Benedict Ndubisi
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作者：
Anyamele, Okechukwu Dennis;Ukawuilulu, John Obioma;Akanegbu, Benedict Ndubisi
这项研究审查了撒哈拉以南非洲地区财富和母亲受教育程度在解释婴儿和儿童死亡率方面的作用的区域差异。具体而言，本研究探讨了财富和母亲的教育程度在SSA的城乡和地区差异的作用。我们使用人口与健康调查和世界银行非洲发展指标的数据来记录撒南非洲婴儿和儿童死亡率的区域差异。我们的研究结果表明，婴儿和儿童死亡率的风险变化不大，可归因于SSA的地区差异。撒南非洲城市居民与农村居民相比，婴儿和儿童死亡率在统计上有显著的负差异。此外，我们发现婴儿和儿童死亡的风险与人均国内生产总值等于或大于500美元（500美元）相关。我们的研究结果表明，母亲的教育是负相关的婴儿和儿童死亡率在SSA。这些研究结果给以前的研究，突出了财富的重要性，教育的母亲，并在解释婴儿和儿童死亡率的差异在撒南非洲地区的位置提供了可信度。我们的研究发现，没有证据表明撒哈拉以南非洲城市最贫穷和较贫穷的五分之一家庭与农村家庭之间的婴儿和儿童死亡风险存在统计学显著差异。
This study examined the regional differences in the role of wealth and mothers' educational attainment in explaining infant and child mortality in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Specifically, this study investigates the role of wealth and mothers' educational attainment in urban-rural and regional differences of SSA. We use data from Demographic and Health Surveys and the World Bank African Development Indicators to document these regional differences in infant and child mortality rates in SSA. Our findings show small variability in the risk of infant and child mortality attributable to regional differences in SSA. There is a statistically negative significant difference in infant and child mortality with urban dwellers compared to rural dwellers in SSA. Also, we found the risk of infant and child mortality to be correlated with per capita gross domestic product equal to or greater than five hundred US dollars ($500). Our findings show mother's education to be negatively correlated with infant and child mortality in SSA. These findings give credence to previous studies which highlighted the significance of wealth, education of the mother, and location in explaining infant and child mortality differences in SSA. Our study finds no evidence of a statistically significant difference in the risk of infant and child mortality between the urban poorest and poorer wealth quintile households and their rural counterparts in SSA.