Some recent trends in infant mortality in the province of Marrakech, morocco: A demographic transition in process

Abstract

Two surveys designed to appraise fecundity and mortality were carried out In Morocco in 1983 and 1984, on samples of 3,000 and 5,000 women, respectively, In the city and in the province of Marrakech. Infant mortality was studied using the biometric method of J. Bourgeois‐Pichat. The first results presented in this article highlight the absence of excess exogenous mortality among women under thirty years of age living in a provincial urban environment and among women from the city of Marrakech whose husbands are employed in service activities. These results are discussed in relation to the socioeconomic backgrounds of the sample families.