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Inequalities in child mortality in Mozambique: differentials by parental socio-economic position

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  • Macassa, Gloria
  • Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus
  • Bernhardt, Eva
  • Diderichsen, Finn
  • Burström, Bo

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This study investigates the relation between socio-economic parental position (education and occupation) and child death in Mozambique using data from the Mozambican Demographic and Health Survey carried out between March and July 1997. The analysis included 9142 children born within 10 years before the survey. In spite of the Western system of classification used in the study, the results partly showed a parental socio-economic gradient of infant and child mortality in Mozambique. Father's education seemed to reflect the family's social standing in the Mozambique context, showing a strong statistical association with postneonatal and child mortality. However, maternal education as a measure of socio-economic position was not statistically significantly associated with child mortality. This finding may partly be explained by the extreme hardships experienced by the country (civil war and natural disasters) and the implementation of the Economic Structural Adjustment Programme that have also affected the health of women and their children during the years covered by this study. Other measures of socio-economic position applicable to the rural African setting should be investigated.

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  • Macassa, Gloria & Ghilagaber, Gebrenegus & Bernhardt, Eva & Diderichsen, Finn & Burström, Bo, 2003. "Inequalities in child mortality in Mozambique: differentials by parental socio-economic position," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 57(12), pages 2255-2264, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:57:y:2003:i:12:p:2255-2264
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    1. Kim, Jongoh & Son, Mia & Kawachi, Ichiro & Oh, Juhwan, 2009. "The extent and distribution of inequalities in childhood mortality by cause of death according to parental socioeconomic positions: A birth cohort study in South Korea," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 69(7), pages 1116-1126, October.
    2. Anselmi, Laura & Lagarde, Mylène & Hanson, Kara, 2015. "Going beyond horizontal equity: An analysis of health expenditure allocation across geographic areas in Mozambique," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 130(C), pages 216-224.
    3. Prabir C. Bhattacharya & Cornilius Chikwama, 2012. "Inequalities in Child Mortality in India: A District-Level Analysis," Heriot-Watt University Economics Discussion Papers 1202, Department of Economics, School of Management and Languages, Heriot Watt University.
    4. Wisdom, Jennifer P. & Berlin, Michelle & Lapidus, Jodi A., 2005. "Relating health policy to women's health outcomes," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 61(8), pages 1776-1784, October.
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    6. Bhattacharya, Prabir C. & Chikwama, Cornilius, 2012. "Inequalities in Child Mortality in India: A District-Level Analysis," SIRE Discussion Papers 2012-43, Scottish Institute for Research in Economics (SIRE).
    7. Rizzo, Matteo., 2011. "Rural wage employment in Rwanda and Ethiopia : a review of the current policy neglect and a framework to begin addressing it," ILO Working Papers 994645243402676, International Labour Organization.

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