Reduction in infant and child mortality: A strategic key for population stabilization
2007
Shahzad, I. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics) | Cheema, M.A. (University of Agriculture, Faisalabad (Pakistan). Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics) | Zafar, M.I. | Ali, T.
This study examined that infant and child mortality has adverse consequence on population stabilization in rural Punjab, Pakistan. The results of this study are based on a survey conducted in 2005 in three different regions of rural Punjab, Pakistan The survey collected the retrospective birth histories for a sample of 1751 women under 49 years who experienced at least one live birth. A systematic random sample was employed by a three stage stratified random sampling design. It was concluded that the death of a child under the age of five years of age necessarily replaces it by another next live birth. Greater is the likelihood for next live birth if an infant or a child dies under the age of five years. Furthermore, population stabilization can be successfully achieved by reducing infant and child mortality.
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