Effects of short birth interval on neonatal, infant and under-five child mortality in Ethiopia: a nationally representative observational study using inverse probability of treatment weighting.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the effect of short birth interval (SBI) on neonatal, infant, and under-five mortality in Ethiopia.

Design

A nationally representative cross-sectional survey.

Setting

This study used data from the Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey 2016.

Participants

A total of 8448 women who had at least two live births during the 5 years preceding the survey were included in the analysis.

Outcome measures

Neonatal mortality (death of the child within 28 days of birth), infant mortality (death between birth and 11 months) and under-five mortality (death between birth and 59 months) were the outcome variables.

Methods

Weighted logistic regression analysis based on inverse probability of treatment weights was used to estimate exposure effect

SUBMITTER: Shifti DM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8375759 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature