Citation

Mandal S, Chouhan P. Vulnerable Child. Youth Stud. 2022; 17(4): 368-375.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2022, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/17450128.2022.2058136

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The study aimed to estimate the relationship between childhood mortality and maternal age using bivariate association and logistic regression using the nationally representative data from India through NFHS-4 (2015-2016). The study reveals that the odds ratio of childhood mortality was comparatively higher among lower aged women (<20 years old) and aged women (30 years and more). The result depicted that childhood mortality was comparatively less among those women of 20-29 age groups and suggests raising maternal education to avoid child marriage and early marriage, not to plan a child at the upper age (>40 years old).

Language: en

Keywords

Childhood mortality; India; logistic regression; Maternal age; NFHS-4