Demographic Determinants of Child Mortality India: An Analysis Based on Sample Registration System Data, 2018

N Chendrayudu; T Chandrasekarayya

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DOI: 10.53989/bu.ga.v10i1.2

Year: 2021, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 8-11

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Demographic Determinants of Child Mortality India: An Analysis Based on Sample Registration System Data, 2018

N Chendrayudu ¹ , T Chandrasekarayya ²

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Geography, S.V. University, A.P

² Associate Professor, Department of Population Studies, S.V. University, A.P

Received Date:02 February 2021, Accepted Date:11 May 2021

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Abstract

In demography sense, child mortality denotes to the death of children under the age of five. It is a chief indicator of the level of child health and overall progress in countries. In populations living under low socio-economic situations, other factors have also been observed. Demographic factors are such others factors responsible for child mortality rate. Hence, the paper aims at examine the demographic determinants of child mortality India based on sample registration system data, 2018. The results reveal that demographic aspects associated with child mortality in India.

Keywords: Child mortality, Infant mortality, Age at marriage & first birth, Total fertility rate, Birth order & interval, Birth attendant

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