Infant Mortality and its Determinates in Uttar Pradesh, India

• DOI: 10.12785/jsapl/010301
• Publication Date: 2014-08-24T21:09:24Z
• Authors: Brijesh Pratap Singh; Sonam Maheshwari
• Keywords: Uttar pradesh

The effects of socio-economic and demographic variables play significant role in infant mortality less developed states India. deleterious effect on survival reduced birth spacing is exacerbated such as Uttar Pradesh where economic development limited. determinants developing countries can be classified under two major headings: socioeconomic demographic. Socio-economic include mother education, place residence, caste religion; sex order the child, maternal age at birth, interval [1]. For mortality, traditional societies, factors have more impact than factors. From NFHS-III, aggregate deaths reported ages 0-12 are used to estimate mortality. differentials by examined then their importance assessed using binomial logistic regression. Data analysis shows that preceding length, most important associated with differential risks; index child mothers education residence also significant. With aim updating earlier findings, present paper examines whether there been any changes explaining Pradesh.