Citation

Muhuri PK. Demography 1996; 33(1): 98-110.

Affiliation

World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. muhurip@who.ch

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Population Association of America, Publisher Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8690143

Abstract

This paper estimates the net effect of seasonality on child morality in Matlab. Results suggest that childhood mortality was well above average monthly level in the hot, dry month of April and in November, the first harvest month of the aman crop. It was found to be remarkably low in the postharvest months of February and March, and also in August. During the hungry months of September and October, children were at a considerably increased risk of mortality, particularly from diarrheal diseases, if mothers had no schooling, but this was not the case if mothers had schooling. The protective effect of the Matlab interventions on childhood death from diarrheal diseases was also greater during the hungry months than during other months of the year.

Language: en