INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS IN CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE
INFANT AND CHILD MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS IN CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KADUNA STATE
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2015-05
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DANJUMA, Emmanuel Samuel
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The study aimed to analyze infant and child mortality differentials in Chikun Local Government Area, Kaduna State-Nigeria. The objectives were to determine the rate, examine the factors affecting, analyse the socioeconomic and demographic determinants and assess the urban-rural differentials in infant and child mortality. A study design was adopted, semi-structured questionnaire was developed and administered to 384 women in reproductive age (15-49) purposively sampled for the study through in-depth interviews and household case studies. 354 questionnaires were returned and found adequate for the analysis indicating a completion rate of 92.2 percent. The questionnaires were analysed using SPSS version 17.0. The results indicate that infant and child mortality rate is higher in the urban area (97.2 percent) among mothers who are married. Most (88.9 percent) of those with post secondary education in the urban area experienced mortality cases, while the highest mortality rate (44.6 percent) occurred among the adolescent mothers in the rural area. It is therefore recommended that programme interventions need to focus on mothers, particularly at the low socioeconomic level. That is, adolescent girls should be encouraged to go to school to at least secondary level. This will increase age at first birth and reduce child death at first birth order. Health services should be brought nearer to the communities so that mothers have access to both during pregnancy and after
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN DEMOGRAPHY AND POPULATION STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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INFANT,, CHILD MORTALITY DIFFERENTIALS,, CHIKUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA,, KADUNA STATE,