Factors explaining child survival in ethiopia: Application of two-stage probit model

African Development Review

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 237-249

  Oyekale, Abayomi Samuel ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; FERTILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SMOKING; URBAN SOCIETY;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84904287253     PISSN: 10176772     EISSN: 14678268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8268.12078     Document Type: Article

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