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dc.contributor.authorMuttunga, Clive J.en
dc.date.accessioned2012-09-21T09:19:33Z-
dc.date.available2012-09-21T09:19:33Z-
dc.date.issued2007-
dc.identifier.isbn978-92-9230-036-4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/63263-
dc.description.abstractThis paper focuses on the determinants of infant and child mortality in Kenya. It specifically examines how infant and child mortality is related to the household’s environmental and socio-economic characteristics, such as mother’s education, source of drinking water, sanitation facility, type of cooking fuels and access to electricity. A hazard rate framework is used to analyze the determinants of child mortality. Duration models are easily applicable to the problem of child mortality as this class of models straightforwardly accounts for problems like right-censoring, structural modeling and time varying covariates which traditional econometric techniques cannot handle adequately. A household’s environmental and socio-economic characteristics are found to have significant impact on child mortality. Policies aimed at achieving the goal of reduced child mortality should be directed on improving the household’s environmental and or socio-economic status if this goal is to be realized.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aThe United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER) |cHelsinkien
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aWIDER Research Paper |x2007/83en
dc.subject.jelD6en
dc.subject.jelJ13en
dc.subject.jelQ59en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordchild mortalityen
dc.subject.keywordinfant mortalityen
dc.subject.keywordneo-natal mortalityen
dc.subject.keywordduration modelen
dc.subject.keywordsurvival analysisen
dc.subject.keywordfailure functionen
dc.subject.keywordduration modelen
dc.subject.keywordhazard rateen
dc.titleEnvironmental determinants of child mortality in Kenya-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn559003692en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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