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  • Title: Mother's health-seeking behaviour and childhood mortality in Pakistan.
    Author: Zahid GM.
    Journal: Pak Dev Rev; 1996; 35(4 Pt. 2):719-31. PubMed ID: 12146446.
    Abstract:
    "The paper examines the mother's health-seeking behaviour and childhood mortality in Pakistan. This is based on the 1990-91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (PDHS).... It was found that neonatal, infant, and child mortality rate is the highest among children of mothers aged less than 20 years. Infant and child mortality rate is likewise higher among first and higher order births than among births of second or third order. It was further found that mortality declines as the length of the birth interval increases. The results reveal that the education of mother has significant effect on the neonatal, infant and child survival.... Health care factors such as antenatal care, place of delivery, assistance at delivery and immunisation also influenced neonatal, infant and child mortality."
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