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Impact of Socio-Demographic factors on survival of under-five children in Nigeria

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  • Abdulmumeen Adekunle Issa

    (Department of Mathematical Sciences, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Nigeria)

  • Waheed Babatunde Yahya

    (Department of Statistics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)

  • Eyitayo Tejumola Jolayemi

    (Department of Statistics, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria)

Abstract

A number of discussions on mortality or survival patterns of under-five children in Nigeria have been presented in the literature over years, most of which were characterized by descriptive analysis, in which facts were reported by percentages, ratio and measures of association to mention a few. In this study, binary logistic regression model was employed to model the survival status (dead or alive) of under-five children in Nigeria as a function of some socio-demographic variables. Results from this study revealed that ten socio-demographic variables among several others were significantly associated with the survivals of under-five children in Nigeria. Specifically, the results showed that children that were born in urban area, that were exclusively breastfed, that were among the first four children in the family, whose mothers have secondary education and post-secondary education have significant increased odds, to about 27%, 580%, 20%, 22% and 102% respectively, of surviving beyond age five than their counterparts in the reference categories of the above identified risk factors (odds ratio is 1.271(p

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  • Abdulmumeen Adekunle Issa & Waheed Babatunde Yahya & Eyitayo Tejumola Jolayemi, 2019. "Impact of Socio-Demographic factors on survival of under-five children in Nigeria," European Journal of Engineering and Technology Research, European Open Science, vol. 4(8), pages 44-48, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:ejeng0:v:4:y:2019:i:8:id:61454
    DOI: 10.24018/ejeng.2019.4.8.1454
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