Revisit the correlates of infant mortality in Bangladesh: findings from two nationwide cross-sectional studies.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The main objective of this study is to investigate how the direction and strength of the association between infant mortality and its predictors are changing over time in Bangladesh using a nationally representative sample for the period 2011-2014.

Design, setting and participants

Data from two repeatedly cross-sectional Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys (BDHSs) for the years 2011 and 2014 were used. A total of 7664 (with 312 infant death) and 7048 (with 264 infant death) complete cases, respectively, from BDHS 2011 and 2014 datasets were included in the study.

Methods

Cox's proportional hazard model with robust standard error (SE) that adjusts for the complex survey design characteristics was implemented to assess how the risk factors associated wit

SUBMITTER: Rahman MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8362712 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature