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Behavioural Factors as Emerging Main Determinants of Child Mortality in Middle-Income Countries: A Case Study of Jordan

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  • Cornelia Kaldewei
  • Ingo Pitterle

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This paper uses data from Jordan’s 2007 Demographic and Health Survey to reassess the main determinants of child mortality in this middle-income country. Running different logit estimations to allow for different time windows and sets of variables, we find that behavioural factors have gained importance, compared to the household and community factors that were found to be important in earlier studies. We conclude that once a country has passed a certain threshold in household income, education and access to health care and safe drinking water, policies targeting behavioural changes are the most promising for achieving further reductions in mortality rates.

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  • Cornelia Kaldewei & Ingo Pitterle, 2011. "Behavioural Factors as Emerging Main Determinants of Child Mortality in Middle-Income Countries: A Case Study of Jordan," Working Papers 103, United Nations, Department of Economics and Social Affairs.
    • Handle: RePEc:une:wpaper:103
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    1. de Beer, Hans, 2016. "The biological standard of living in Suriname, c. 1870–1975," Economics & Human Biology, Elsevier, vol. 22(C), pages 140-154.
    2. Hafiz M. Muddasar Jamil Shera & Irum Sajjad Dar, 2014. "Addressing Corner Solution Effect for Child Mortality Status Measure: An Application of Tobit Model," International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, vol. 4(12), pages 218-225, December.
    3. Mary Oluwatoyin AGBOOLA, 2017. "Impact of food availability on child mortality: a cross country comparative analysis," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 63(6), pages 283-297.

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    Keywords

    child mortality; infant mortality; emerging determinants; behavioural factors; middle-income countries; Jordan;
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • O29 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Development Planning and Policy - - - Other

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