TITLE:
An Assessment of Association between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Infant Mortality in High Focus States in India
AUTHORS:
Ashish Kumar Gupta, Laishram Ladusingh
KEYWORDS:
Neighborhood Effect, High Focus States, Infant Mortality Rate, Multilevel Analysis
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.8 No.7,
May
11,
2016
ABSTRACT: Neighbourhood characteristics influence infant mortality above and beyond individual/household factors. In India, there are very few studies discussing the effects of neighbourhood characteristics on infant mortality. This study examined the effect of neighbourhood socioeconomic characteristics on infant mortality using data from the India’s Third District Level Household Survey conducted in 2007-2008. Multilevel analyses applied on the representative sample of 168,625 nested within 14,193 communities using MCMC procedure. Results established that place of residence, neighbourhood socio-economic factors as important determinants of infant mortality. Overall, being born in affluent (OR: 0.79, p