Rural-urban migration and cross-national variation in infant mortality in less developed countries

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-296

  Omariba, D Walter Rasugu ^a   Boyle, Michael H ^b  

^a STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complementary log log models; Cross national variation; Infant mortality; Less developed countries; Multilevel modeling; Rural urban migration

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INFANT MORTALITY; MIGRATION DETERMINANT; RURAL-URBAN MIGRATION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL;

EID: 77952743809     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-009-9140-y     Document Type: Article

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