Socioeconomic determinants of child mortality: Evidence from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey

Authors

Rana Ejaz Ali Khan, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur
Khadija Malik Bari, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, PakistanFollow
Muhammad Ali Raza, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Pakistan

Abstract

This paper attempts to highlight socioeconomic determinants of child mortality in Pakistan. Binary logistic regression is applied to 7297 observations from the Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13. The results reveal that probability of child mortality decreases with greater birth-interval, child’s large size at birth, more family members, mother’s education, mother’s ownership of assets and mother’s decision-making at the household level. Policy makers can work to improve mothers’ characteristics such as fertility behavior, education, empowerment and decision-making at the household level, to reduce child mortality.

Keywords

Child mortality, Fertility behavior, Women empowerment, Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey

DOI

https://doi.org/10.54784/1990-6587.1029

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Khan, R. E., Bari, K. M., & Raza, M. A. (2019). Socioeconomic determinants of child mortality: Evidence from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey. Business Review, 13(2), 34-50. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.54784/1990-6587.1029