Dominant Factors Affecting Regional Inequality of Infant Mortality in Vietnam: A Structural Equation Modelling Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite Vietnam's acclaiming achievements of reducing overall infant mortality rate (IMR), the IMR decline does not occur equally in all regions in Vietnam. This study aims to investigate dominant factors that affect the inequality of infant mortality across regions in Vietnam during the period 2005-2015.

Methods

We use nationally representative data to construct a panel data of 6 economic regions in Vietnam from 2005 to 2015. We employ the structural equation modelling (SEM) approach to quantify the causal effect of socio-economic status (SES), accessing to skilled birth attendance (SBA) and other relevant factors on the disparity of IMR across regions.

Results

SES, which is measured by 3 indicators - illiteracy rate (IR), poverty rate (PR) and income per

SUBMITTER: Nguyen MP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9056204 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature