Socioeconomic, demographic and environmental determinants of infant mortality in Nepal
- 1 October 1991
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Journal of Biosocial Science
- Vol. 23 (4) , 425-435
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932000019532
Abstract
Summary The Nepal Fertility and Family Planning Survey of 1986 demonstrated that demographic variables, previous birth interval and survival of preceding child, still predominated as determinants of infant mortality, particularly in rural areas of Nepal. However, in urban Nepal, where the level of socioeconomic development is higher, an environmental variable, along with previous birth interval and survival of preceding child emerges as important in determining infant mortality. Separate policy measures for child survival prospects in rural and urban Nepal are suggested.Keywords
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