How maternal age links to childhood mortality? A brief analysis from NFHS-4 (2015–2016), India

ABSTRACT

The study aimed to estimate the relationship between childhood mortality and maternal age using bivariate association and logistic regression using the nationally representative data from India through NFHS-4 (2015–2016). The study reveals that the odds ratio of childhood mortality was comparatively higher among lower aged women (<20 years old) and aged women (30 years and more). The result depicted that childhood mortality was comparatively less among those women of 20–29 age groups and suggests raising maternal education to avoid child marriage and early marriage, not to plan a child at the upper age (>40 years old).

KEYWORDS:

• Childhood mortality
• Maternal age
• NFHS-4
• logistic regression
• India

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