Influence of parental literacy and socio-economic status on infant mortality

R. S.P. Rao; B. K. Chakladar; N. S. Nair; P. R. Kutty; D. Acharya; V. Bhat; S. Chandrasekhar; V. C. Rodrigues; P. Kumar; K. Nagaraj; K. N. Prasad; L. Krishnan

doi:10.1007/BF02730932

Influence of parental literacy and socio-economic status on infant mortality

R. S.P. Rao^*
, B. K. Chakladar
, N. S. Nair
, P. R. Kutty
, D. Acharya
, V. Bhat
, S. Chandrasekhar
, V. C. Rodrigues
, P. Kumar
, K. Nagaraj
, K. N. Prasad
, L. Krishnan

^*Corresponding author for this work

Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal

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Abstract

The influence of parental literacy and socio-economic status (SES) on infant mortality rate (IMR) was studied. This report is only a part of much larger community-based prospective study conducted to determine the factors influencing infant mortality in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, by the Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipat, with the financial assistance form IDRC, Canada. A total of 12,857 livebirths during the period of October 1, 1991, to September 30, 1992, where registered and followed up for one year. There were 391 infant deaths which gives an IMR of 30.4 per 1,000 livebirths. Univariate analysis and subsequent stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that, literacy and SES have a very significant role in reducing IMR.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	795-800
Number of pages	6
Journal	Indian Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	63
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730932
Publication status	Published - 01-01-1996

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