title: Fertility and child mortality in rural Ethiopia: Gondar and Hararge regions.
abstract: This paper presents fertility and child mortality estimates for agricultural households of the Gondar and Hararge regions, based on the 1981 Rural Demographic Survey. The study shows that fertility and child mortality are quite high in both regions as in the rest of the country. However, Hararge has significantly higher mean parity and child mortality than Gondar.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mengistu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005002:Ethiopia; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009026:Mortality; D009748:Nutrition Disorders; D010298:Parity; D012424:Rural Population; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors