Differential in Child Mortality by Fertility in North-eastern Libya
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Apart from social, economic and environmental conditions, parity is one of the important factors responsible for infant and child mortality, In the present area of study the influence of most of the socioeconomic factors on child mortality is absent and hence parity may be identified as a responsible factor for mortality. Analytical results show that high parity women have higher child loss.
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