Factors Explaining the Observed Pattern in Under-Five Mortality in the Ghana Demographic and Health Survey 2008
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2015-09-25
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Abstract
The study examined the risk factors of under-five mortality in the Ghana Demo-
graphic and Health Survey (DHS) 2008 data. The risk factors were investigated
statistically by fitting a logistic regression model and controlling for household
effects. The data was analyzed using the SAS 9.1 version for windows. Three
factors (age of respondent, number of people in the household and ethnicity) were
found to be the significant risk factors of under-five mortality in the Ghana DHS
2008 data. The age of respondent was positively related to the risk of under-five
mortality while the number of people in the household was negatively related to
the risk of under-five mortality. Respondents from the Akan, the Ewe, the Gruma
and the Mande ethnic groups were significant in terms of the effect of ethnicity on
under-five mortality. The risk of under-ve mortality is higher in the Gruma and
the Mande ethnic groups as compared to the "other" ethnic group while it was
lower in the Akan and the Ewe ethnic groups as compared to the "other" ethnic
group. It was also found that, household effect was not a significant contributing
risk factor for under-five mortality in the Ghana DHS 2008 data.
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A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Mathematics,
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Degree
of M.Phil in Mathematical Statistics