Socioeconomic factors contributing to under-five mortality in sub-Saharan Africa: A decomposition analysis

BMC Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2019, Pages

  Van Malderen, Carine ^a   Amouzou, Agbessi ^b   Barros, Aluisio J D ^c   Masquelier, Bruno ^a,d   Van Oyen, Herman ^e,f   Speybroeck, Niko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL D'ÉTUDES DÉMOGRAPHIQUES   (France)

^e Sciensano ^*  (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Gini decomposition; Poisson regression; Socioeconomic inequalities; Sub Saharan Africa; Under five mortality

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRENDS;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 85067304266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-019-7111-8     Document Type: Article

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