Comparative Studies No. 43
İÇİNDEKİLERContentsPREFACE 5 1 INTRODUCTION 7 1.1 Purpose of the study 7 1.2 Data used in the study 7 1.3 Types and sources of data 7 1.4 Specfic questions on dates 7 1.5 Quality of the data 9 2 METHODOLOGY OR RATES CALCULATION 12 2.1 Selection of time-related specifications 12 2.2 Calculation of synthetic cohort probabilities of death 12 3. DESCRIPTION OF THE TABLES 14 4 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS 15 4.1 Recent levels of infant and child mortality 15 4.2 Components of mortality 15 4.3 Trends 17 4.4 Demographic differentials 20 5 CONCLUSIONS 38 REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 39 ' APPENDIX A - DETAILED TABLES 41 TABLES 1 Questioning procedure used to obtain date information on births and deaths 8 2 Digit preference in reporting age at death 10 3 Current levels of infant and child mortality (in the period 0-4 years before the survey) 16 4 Comparison of infant mortality rates, United Nations Demographic Yearbook and World Fertility Survey 18 5 Under-live and infant mortality for live-year periods before the survey (children with mothers aged 20-29 years at birth) 21 6 Component rates of infant and child mortality for five-year periods before the survey (only children whose mothers were 20-29 years old at birth) 22 7 Change in under-live and infant mortality from previous period (children with mothers aged 20-29 years at birth) 23 8 Relative change in infant and child mortality over time (children with mothers aged 20-29 years at birth) 26 9 Average declines in mortality between the period 15-19 and O-4 years before the survey (declines expressed as deaths per thousand) 27  |
