Household context and child mortality in rural South Africa: the effects of birth spacing, shared mortality, household composition and socio-economic status
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Household context and child mortality in rural South Africa: the effects of birth spacing, shared mortality, household composition and socio-economic status
BACKGROUND Household characteristics are important influences on the risk of child death. However, little is known about this influence in HIV-endemic areas. We describe the effects of household characteristics on children's risk of dying in rural South Africa. METHODS We use data describing the mortality of children younger than 5 years living in the Agincourt health and socio-demographic su...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Epidemiology
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1464-3685,0300-5771
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyt149