American Journal of Life Sciences

Volume 2, Issue 6, December 2014

  • Relationship between Household Income and Child Mortality in Nigeria

    Richardson Kojo Edeme, Innocent A. Ifelunini, Okereke Obinna S.

    Issue: Volume 2, Issue 6-4, December 2014
    Pages: 1-12
    Received: Nov. 11, 2014
    Accepted: Nov. 28, 2014
    Published: Jan. 07, 2015
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    This article belongs to the Special Issue Science, Society and Policy: Driving Towards Utopia or Dystopia?
    Abstract: To attain sustainable development goals, reduction in child mortality is necessary. However, a major challenge exists in the procurement of healthcare services by individuals which is determined to a large extent by their level of income. Adopting random effect and fixed effect methodology and using survey data from Multiple Indicator Cluster Surve... Show More