Edmund Wedam Kanmiki|Ayaga A. Bawah|Isaiah Agorinya|Fabian Sebastian Achana|John Koku Awoonor?Williams|Abraham Oduro|James F. Phillips|James Akazili
Socio-economic and demographic determinants of under-five mortality in rural northern Ghana
Navrongo Health Research Centre|Ghana Health Service|Columbia University|Navrongo Health Research Centre|Ghana Health Service|Navrongo Health Research Centre|Ghana Health Service|Ghana Health Service|Navrongo Health Research Centre|Ghana Health Service|Columbia University|Navrongo Health Research Centre|Ghana Health Service
spite global decline underfive mortality goal achieving mdg 4 still remains largely unattained low middle income countries year 2015 closesin accelerate pace mortality decline proven interventions high impact need implemented help achieve goal drastically reducing childhood mortality paper explores association socioeconomic demographic factors underfive mortality impoverished region rural northern ghanawe used survey data 3975 women aged 1549 ever given birth first chisquare test used test association social economic demographic characteristics mothers experience underfive death subsequently ran logistic regression model estimate relative association factors influence childhood mortality excluding variables significant bivariate levelfactors significantly predict underfive mortality included mothers educational level presence cowives age marital status mothers achieved primary junior high school education 45 less likely experience underfive death mothers formal education 055 p 0001 monogamous women 22 less likely experience underfive deaths mothers polygamous marriages 078 p 001 similarly mothers ages 35 49 eleven times likely experience underfive deaths age 20 years 1144 p 0001 also women married 27 less likelihood 073 p 001 experiencing underfive death single divorced widowedtaken independently maternal education age marital status presence cowives associated childhood mortality relationship indicators womens autonomy health seeking behavior factors affect child survival merit investigation interventions could designed foster reductions child mortality considering needs welfare women including need female education autonomy socioeconomic wellbeing