caa a22 4500 477068189 CHVBK 20180405111418.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19961101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF02730932 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF02730932 Influence of parental literacy and socio-economic status on infant mortality [Elektronische Daten] [R. Rao, B. Chakladar, N. Nair, P. Kutty, D. Acharya, V. Bhat, S. Chandrasekhar, V. Rodrigues, P. Kumar, K. Nagaraj, K. Prasad, L. Krishnan] The influence of parental literacy and socio-economic status (SES) on infant mortality rate (IMR) was studied. This report is only a part of much larger community-based prospective study conducted to determine the factors influencing infant mortality in Dakshina Kannada district of Karnataka, by the Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, with the financial assistance form IDRC, Canada. A total of 12,857 livebirths during the period of October 1, 1991, to September 30, 1992, where registered and followed up for one year. There were 391 infant deaths which gives an IMR of 30.4 per 1,000 livebirths. Univariate analysis and subsequent stepwise multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that, literacy and SES have a very significant role in reducing IMR. Dr. K C Chaudhuri Foundation, 1996 Infant mortality rate nationallicence Literacy nationallicence Socio-economic status nationallicence Step-wise multiple logisticregression analysis nationallicence Rao R. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Chakladar B. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Nair N. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Kutty P. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Acharya D. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Bhat V. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Chandrasekhar S. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Rodrigues V. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Kumar P. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Nagaraj K. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Prasad K. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut Krishnan L. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/6(1996-11-01), 795-800 0019-5456 63:6<795 1996 63 12098 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730932 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02730932 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rao R. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chakladar B. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nair N. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kutty P. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Acharya D. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bhat V. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chandrasekhar S. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rodrigues V. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kumar P. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nagaraj K. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Prasad K. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Krishnan L. Department of Community Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, 576 119, Karnataka aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Indian Journal of Pediatrics Springer India 63/6(1996-11-01), 795-800 0019-5456 63:6<795 1996 63 12098 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer