Communicative actions, women's degree of social connectedness and child mortality in rural Bangladesh

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 827-834

  Gayen, K ^a   Raeside, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child mortality; Communication; Poisson regression; Social connectedness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; BANGLADESH; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650479507     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2010.01099.x     Document Type: Article

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