EFFECT OF EDUCATION AND HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS ON INFANT AND CHILD-MORTALITY IN URBAN NEPAL

Infant and child mortality differentials are analysed by education of parents and other family members, access to toilet, electricity and source of drinking water in urban Nepal, using data from the Nepal Fertility and Family Planning Survey, 1986. The analyses showed significant effects of education, access to toilet and electricity in lowering infant and child mortality. Access to toilet and electricity are proxies for household socioeconomic status which suggests that education and household resources are complementary in lowering the infant and child mortality. © 1991, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.