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Population Studies
A Journal of Demography
Volume 36, 1982 - Issue 1
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Infant mortality estimates based on the 1976 Nepal fertility survey

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Pages 61-80 | Published online: 08 Nov 2011
 

Abstract

Infant mortality trends based on the 1976 Nepal Fertility Survey are estimated in two ways, directly from maternity histories and indirectly from child-survivorship data. The indirect estimates are sensitive to choice of standard life table; hence the direct estimates based on maternity histories are preferred. Direct estimates indicate that infant mortality declined from about 182 deaths per thousand live births in the early 1960s to about 156 in the early 1970s. High sex ratios at birth before 1960 suggest that infant mortality was substantially under-reported at that time. Differential infant mortality is estimated by mother's age at childbirth, birth order, length of previous birth interval, sex of infant, region, urban-rural residence, father's literacy, and father's education.

We are grateful to the Nepal National Commission on Population and the Nepal Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health Project for permission to use data from the 1976 Nepal Fertility Survey. We also thank Ms Gayle Uechi for computer programming assistance and Ms Robin Loomis for research assistance. This research was supported by a contract to the East-West Population Institute from the Office of the United States Agency for International Development.

We are grateful to the Nepal National Commission on Population and the Nepal Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health Project for permission to use data from the 1976 Nepal Fertility Survey. We also thank Ms Gayle Uechi for computer programming assistance and Ms Robin Loomis for research assistance. This research was supported by a contract to the East-West Population Institute from the Office of the United States Agency for International Development.

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We are grateful to the Nepal National Commission on Population and the Nepal Family Planning/Maternal and Child Health Project for permission to use data from the 1976 Nepal Fertility Survey. We also thank Ms Gayle Uechi for computer programming assistance and Ms Robin Loomis for research assistance. This research was supported by a contract to the East-West Population Institute from the Office of the United States Agency for International Development.

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