Birth spacing and child mortality in a Caribbean population.
Hum Biol
; 64(2): 223-41, 1992 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-1559692
ABSTRACT
PIP: A study of infant mortality using vital records from the Caribbean island of St. Bart, including 4411 births to 978 island-born women from 1878 to 1976, produced some atypical results. The population comprises poor subsistence farmers with a French culture with virtually no socioeconomic variation or modern contraception throughout the period. Stepwise multiple regression analysis was performed on the following 11 independent variables: birth year, birth order, mother's age at birth, child's sex, sex of previous child, preceding birth interval, previous child's death at less than 1 year, previous child was living at time of child's conception, next child was conceived while index child was living, mother's death during child's 1st year, and single or multiple pregnancy. Significant predictors of infant mortality were: mother's death within 1 year, birth year, multiple year, whether the preceding child died before 1 year of age, and whether the next child was conceived before the index child reached 1 year. This study, which did not rely on interview data, was remarkable for no significant effect of birth spacing variables. Maternal death was highly significant, a finding that rarely appears in interview surveys. Use of vital records and the interpretation of the determinants of birth spacing and infant death were discussed.
Palavras-chave
Age Factors; Americas; Birth Intervals; Birth Spacing; Caribbean; Child Mortality; Data Collection; Data Sources; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Family Planning; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; Geographic Factors; Guadeloupe; Historical Survey; Infant Mortality--determinants; Islands; Maternal Age; Maternal Mortality; Mortality; Mortality Determinants; Multiple Birth; Nationality; Native-born; North America; Parental Age; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Population Statistics; Pregnancy History; Reproduction; Research Methodology; Statistical Studies; Studies; Vital Statistics
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Intervalo entre Nascimentos
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Mortalidade Infantil
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Análise de Regressão
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Hum Biol
Ano de publicação:
1992
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos