Gender differences in infant survival: a secondary data analysis in rural North India.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine gender differences in infant survival on the first day of life, in the first week of life, and in the neonatal and post-neonatal periods by socio-demographic and economic variables.

Design

Secondary data analysis was performed on data from a cluster randomised trial on the effect of implementation of the Integrated Management of Neonatal and Childhood Illness programme, India.

Settings

The study setting was Palwal and Faridabad, districts of Haryana, a state in North India.

Measures

Multiple logistic regression models taking the cluster design into account were used to estimate gender differences in mortality in different periods of infancy.

Results

A total of 60 480 infants were included in these analyses. Of 4060 infant deaths, 205

SUBMITTER: Chowdhury R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5724117 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature