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WATERING THE NEIGHBOUR'S GARDEN: THE GROWING - CICRED

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DECREASES IN MALE AND FEMALE MORTALITY AND MISSING WOMEN …<br />

female-to-male disadvantage in survival decreased over time and more<br />

in the MCH-FP than in the comparison area.<br />

Table 6b Household wealth index and male-to-female child mortality ratio,<br />

Matlab HDSS area, 1976-1999<br />

Comparison area MCH-FP area<br />

Birth<br />

cohort<br />

Sex of<br />

the child<br />

Lowest two<br />

quintiles<br />

Top two<br />

quintiles<br />

Lowest<br />

two<br />

quintiles<br />

Top two<br />

quintiles<br />

1976-79 Female 1.00<br />

1.00 1.00 1.00<br />

Male<br />

0.56** 0.54** 0.49** 0.58**<br />

1980-84 Female 1.00<br />

1.00 1.00 1.00<br />

Male<br />

0.55** 0.51** 0.62** 0.75**<br />

1985-89 Female 1.00<br />

1.00 1.00<br />

Male<br />

0.55** 0.56** 0.79 $<br />

1.00<br />

0.83<br />

1990-94 Female 1.00<br />

1.00 1.00 1.00<br />

Male<br />

0.84<br />

0.88 0.66* 0.74<br />

1995-99 Female 1.00<br />

1.00<br />

Male<br />

0.76<br />

0.66 $<br />

1.00 1.00<br />

1.26 1.15<br />

Notes: - Household wealth index analysis excluded children born to households in middle (3rd) quintile. - Male-to-female child mortality ratio controlled for maternal age and education,<br />

religion and number of children of the same women in the same cohort. $P

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