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Mother’s Health-seeking Behaviour and Childhood Mortality in Pakistan

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  • Ghulam Mustafa Zahid

    (Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, Islamabad.)

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The paper examines the Mother’s Health-seeking Behaviour and Childhood Mortality in Pakistan. This is based on the 1990-91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS), a nationally representative survey covering all four provinces of the country. It was found that neonatal, infant, and child mortality rate is the highest among children of mothers aged less than 20 years. Infant and Child mortality rate is likewise higher among first and higher order births than among births of second or third order. It has further found that mortality declines as the length of the birth interval increases. The results reveal that the education of mother has significant effect on the neonatal, infant and child survival, as mother’s education increases the chances of survival of neonatal, infant and child also increases. Health care factors such as antenatal care, place of delivery, assistance at delivery and immunisation also influenced neonatal, infant and child mortality. The paper suggests that for the improvement of the health conditions of children in Pakistan, first, it is necessary that the educational status of the population in general, and of mothers in particular, should be improved, and second, the health services should be accessible and available for the promotion of health care practices.

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  • Ghulam Mustafa Zahid, 1996. "Mother’s Health-seeking Behaviour and Childhood Mortality in Pakistan," The Pakistan Development Review, Pakistan Institute of Development Economics, vol. 35(4), pages 719-731.
    • Handle: RePEc:pid:journl:v:35:y:1996:i:4:p:719-731
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