Birth spacing, sibling rivalry and child mortality in India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2107-2119

  Whitworth, Alison ^a   Stephenson, Rob ^b  

^a OFFICE FOR NATIONAL STATISTICS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth spacing; India; Mortality; Multilevel modelling; Sibling rivalry

Indexed keywords

BIRTH INTERVAL; CHILD MORTALITY; INFANT MORTALITY; MODELING; MORTALITY;

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; FAMILY PLANNING; FETUS RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDIA; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN PERIOD; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SIBLING; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RISK FACTORS; SIBLING RELATIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

INDIA;

EID: 0036977906     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00002-3     Document Type: Article

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