Post-neonatal mortality in Rural India: Implications of an economic model | Zendy

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Post-neonatal mortality in Rural India: Implications of an economic model

Author(s) -

George B. Simmons,

C. M. Smucker,

Stan Bernstein,

Eric Jensen

Publication year - 1982

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060977

Subject(s) - allocative efficiency , child mortality , affect (linguistics) , developing country , demography , infant mortality , uttar pradesh , rural area , socioeconomic status , socioeconomics , population , geography , economics , economic growth , medicine , psychology , sociology , neoclassical economics , communication , pathology

In this paper we develop and test a theory of childhood mortality after the first month of life. Parents are assumed to have well-defined family size and sex composition objectives and to face severe budget constraints. In this set of circumstances, it is understandable that they will make allocative decisions that will affect the survival probabilities of children. These decisions and the environmental influences on mortality are the basic forces which determine whether a child will survive through the post-neonatal period. The model is tested with survey data from rural Uttar Pradesh, India. The results are consistent with the hypothetical framework discussed above. The burden of this pattern of choice is felt particularly strongly by female births.

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