Child mortality and reproductive patterns in Bolivia, 1993-1998

Año de publicación

2007

UUID

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Resumen

The objective of the present study is to examine the effects of serveral reproductive and demographic factors on child in Bolivia, one of the most impoverished nations in all of Latin America. We model the joint effects of maternal age, patity, pace of childbearing, duration of breastfeeding, and use of modern contraception on child mortality. Data for this research come from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) carried out during 1998.

Publicador

Población y Salud en Mesoamérica, Revista Electrónica, Vol. 4, no. 2, art. 1, enero - junio

Enlace del origen de la publicación

Documentación restringida

No

Tipo de publicación

Article

Descriptores

• BOLIVIA
• MORTALIDAD INFANTIL
• LACTANCIA
• EDAD DE LA MADRE