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Predictors Of Under–Five Child Mortality In Zimbabwe

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  • Collet MUZA

    (Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic)

  • Kudzaishe MANGOMBE

    (University of Zimbabwe, Centre for Populations, Zimbabwe)

Abstract

The study examines the role of socio-economic and maternal factors on under–five child mortality in Zimbabwe. The research is based on the analysis of the 2012 population census data. A logistic regression model was employed to determine factors that significantly affect under-five child mortality. The results revealed that maternal educational level, age at first birth, marital status, sanitation and provincial location were significant determinants of under–five child mortality. Public health interventions should focus on mothers; single, formerly married, had early childbearing, uneducated, use unsafe drinking water and toilets

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  • Collet MUZA & Kudzaishe MANGOMBE, 2020. "Predictors Of Under–Five Child Mortality In Zimbabwe," ECONOMY AND SOCIOLOGY: Theoretical and Scientifical Journal, Socionet;Complexul Editorial "INCE", issue 1, pages 87-97.
    • Handle: RePEc:nos:ycriat:367
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    Keywords

    Under-Five Mortality; Socio–Socioeconomic; Maternal; Determinants; Binary Regression; Zimbabwe.;
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    JEL classification:

    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
    • P36 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Socialist Institutions and Their Transitions - - - Consumer Economics; Health; Education and Training; Welfare, Income, Wealth, and Poverty

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