Socio-economic Variables Affecting Infants And Children Mortality In Bangladesh

Infant and child are not only the assets but also they are the future of a country or a nation. Women are core of development because they bear children and they are nearly half of the total population. Infant and child mortality are powerful indicators to measure overall health situation of a country. In fact, infant and child mortality are also powerful social indicator. The aim of this study is to identify the effects of socio-economic variables on infant, child and under-five mortality of Charghat Thana in Rajshahi District, Bangladesh. For this, a number of 800 rural women have been interviewed through a structured questionnaire by purposive sampling technique. In this study, logistic regression model is employed to determine which factors that effect on infant, child and under-five mortality. In this analysis, it is indicated that mothers education and occupation, husbands education and occupation, received tetanus’s injection and medical check up during pregnancy and watches TV have significant effects on infant, child and under-five mortality.