Journal Article

Socioeconomic inequalities in child mortality: comparisons across nine developing countries

Wagstaff, A

2000

Overview

This paper generates and analyses survey data on inequalities in mortality among infants and children aged under five years by consumption in Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Nepal, Nicaragua, Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, and Viet Nam. The data were obtained from the Living Standards Measurement Study and the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey. Mortality rates were estimated directly where complete fertility histories were available and indirectly otherwise. Mortality distributions were compared between countries by means of concentration curves and concentration indices: dominance checks were carried out for all pairwise intercountry comparisons; standard errors were calculated for the concentration indices; and tests of intercountry differences in inequality were performed.

• Publisher: World Health Organization,The World Health Organization
• Subject: Child mortality / Child, Preschool / Children / Comparative studies / Concentration / Developing Countries / Dominance / Errors / Fertility / Health aspects / Health Policy & Services / health services accessibility / Health Services Accessibility - economics / Health Surveys / Humans / Indexes / Inequality / Infant / Infant Mortality / Infant, Newborn / Infants / LDCs / living conditions / Measurement / Mortality / Mortality rates / Nutrition / Nutrition surveys / Patient outcomes / Polls & surveys / Research Article / Social economics / Social Justice / Socioeconomic Factors / Standard of living