On the influencing facets of infant mortality in Karnataka: A study based on birth orders

Title

On the influencing facets of infant mortality in Karnataka: A study based on birth orders

Creator

Maruvada, Vinaika; Joshi, Hemlata

Description

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is used to assess the overall physical health of any community. Reducing this and spreading awareness among people can improve the well-being of society. In India, IMR is high due to the complex and challenging health policies and increased population, but various socio-economic and demographic factors play a significant role in determining the infant mortality rate. This study majorly focuses on identifying the factors influencing infant mortality, and a model has been proposed to estimate the likelihood of an infant's survival in Karnataka. For the empirical analysis, data has been taken from the National Family Health Survey-4 (2015-16), India. It is found that mothers' education and female literacy are the most significant factors affecting the IMR irrespective of the birth order. It is also found that the various socio-economic and demographic factors do not have a significant influence on the survival status of an infant as the birth order increases. Other factors like preceding birth interval, wealth index, caste, and religion also influence infant mortality. Hence, it is suggested that parents should have access to quality education and health facilities near their place of residence to reduce infant mortality at each order of birth. 2025 Author(s).

Source

AIP Conference Proceedings;Volume;3191;Issue;1;Article No.;40011;

Date

01-01-2025

Publisher

American Institute of Physics

Subject

Binary Logistic Regression; Birth Order; Infant Mortality Rate; National Family Health Survey; Odds Ratio; Socio-Economic and Demographic factors

Coverage

Maruvada V., Department of Statistics and Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Bengaluru, India; Joshi H., Department of Statistics and Data Science, CHRIST (Deemed to Be University), Bengaluru, India

Rights

Restricted Access; Hardcopy may be available in the library

Relation

ISSN: 0094243X; ISBN: 978-073545110-0;

Format

online

Language

English

Type

Conference paper

Identifier

https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0247615

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