Mammo A
New Jersey State Department of Health, Trenton.
J Biosoc Sci. 1993 Apr;25(2):223-38. doi: 10.1017/s0021932000020514.
This paper uses the 1981 National Rural Demographic Survey to document childhood mortality variations in rural areas of Ethiopia. Four significant findings are highlighted. (1) Health status of parents is identified as an important determinant of childhood mortality. (2) Religion, region of residence and ethnicity interact in their effects on childhood mortality and the effect of ethnicity varies in different regions for the same religion; in some areas ethnicity may serve as a proxy for economic and cultural differences. (3) Childhood mortality is inversely related to literacy status of parents, which may also reflect socioeconomic status. (4) The data show a clear difference in childhood mortality between the famine-prone areas and the rest.
本文利用1981年全国农村人口调查记录了埃塞俄比亚农村地区儿童死亡率的差异。突出了四项重要发现。（1）父母的健康状况被确定为儿童死亡率的一个重要决定因素。（2）宗教、居住地区和种族在对儿童死亡率的影响上相互作用，并且对于同一宗教，种族的影响在不同地区有所不同；在某些地区，种族可能可代表经济和文化差异。（3）儿童死亡率与父母的识字状况呈负相关，这也可能反映社会经济地位。（4）数据显示易发生饥荒地区与其他地区之间在儿童死亡率方面存在明显差异。
