Fertility, child nutrition, and child mortality in Nicaragua: an economic analysis of interrelationships

Data from a 1977-1978 household survey in Nicaragua are used to estimate the joint determinants of fertility, child nutrition, and child mortality. A subsample of 1,085 nonagricultural, spouse-or-companion-present households with at least one child under 5 is selected, and an economic model of house...

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Published in:The Journal of developing areas 1986-01, Vol.20 (2), p.185-202
Main Author: Blau, D.M. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ALIMENTACION DEL NINO
ALIMENTATION DE L'ENFANT
Americas
ANALISIS ECONOMICO
ANALYSE ECONOMIQUE
Birthrate
Central America
Child care
CHILD FEEDING
Child mortality
Child nutrition
Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Children
Children & youth
Coefficients
Demography
Developed Countries
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
Economic conditions
Economic impact
Economic models
Economics
Educational Status
ENCUESTAS
ENQUETE
Female fertility
FERTILIDAD
FERTILITE
FERTILITY
Food
GENERO HUMANO
GENRE HUMAIN
Health
HOGARES
HOUSEHOLDS
Income
Infant Mortality
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Latin America
LDCs
Malnutrition
MANKIND
MENAGE
MODELE
MODELOS
Models, Theoretical
MORTALIDAD
MORTALITE
MORTALITY
Mortality Rates
NICARAGUA
North America
Nutrition
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Nutritional status
PAISES EN DESARROLLO
PAYS EN DEVELOPPEMENT
Population
Population Characteristics
Population Dynamics
RELACION CAMPO-CIUDAD
RELATION VILLE CAMPAGNE
Rural areas
Rural Population
Rural Urban Differences
RURAL URBAN RELATIONS
Social Class
Socioeconomic Factors
Statistical analysis
Studies
SURVEYS
Urban Population
Wage rate
Wage rates
Womens education
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Summary:Data from a 1977-1978 household survey in Nicaragua are used to estimate the joint determinants of fertility, child nutrition, and child mortality. A subsample of 1,085 nonagricultural, spouse-or-companion-present households with at least one child under 5 is selected, and an economic model of household behavior is employed. Key variables that can increase simultaneously the decline of mortality and fertility rates and the improvement of child nutrition are identified. The estimation is conducted for rural and urban households. The effects of the educational levels of the female and her companion, her potential wage rate, and other household income are strikingly different in urban and rural areas in some instances. Child mortality in both areas essentially is unexplained by the variables examined. In the urban sector, the woman's potential wage rate has the greatest impact quantitatively on child nutrition (positive) and fertility (negative). In the rural equations, other income and the woman's education are the significant determinants of nutrition.
ISSN:0022-037X
1548-2278