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Document Type
Further Analysis
Publication Topic(s)
Fertility and Fertility Preferences, Infant and Child Mortality, Wealth/Socioeconomics
Country(s)
Mexico
Survey
Mexico DHS, 1987
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Bobadilla, José Luis, Loraine Schlaepfer, and Javier Alagón. 1990. Family Formation Patterns and Child Mortality in Mexico. DHS Further Analysis Reports No. 5. Columbia, Maryland, USA: Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc.
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Publication Date
March 1990
Publication ID
FA5

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Abstract:

The aim of the present project was to determine the effects of variations in the family formation patterns of Mexican women on late fetal and child mortality. The study consisted of a secondary analysis of the National Fertility and Health Survey conducted in 1987. The study population included 13,216 births occurring in the 15 years prior to the survey. Hobcraft's typology of the family formation patterns was adopted and adapted. Variations in the family formation patterns and in their relationship with late fetal, neonatal, post- neonatal, infant and child mortality were analyzed over time and across a number of social variables. Contingency tables and logistic regression techniques were employed for the bivariate and multivariate analyses, respectively.

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