Regional variations in infant and child mortality in Nigeria: A multilevel analysis

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 165-187

  Adedini, Sunday A ^a,b   Odimegwu, Clifford ^a   Imasiku, Eunice N S ^a,c   Ononokpono, Dorothy N ^a,d   Ibisomi, Latifat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH INTERVALS; BIRTH ORDER; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904400040     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932013000734     Document Type: Article

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