title: Siblings' neonatal mortality risks and birth spacing in Bangladesh.
abstract: This paper studies the familial association of neonatal mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh and its relationship to birth-spacing effects on mortality. Findings show that familial association is strongest for siblings of adjacent birth orders. Moreover, birth-spacing effects on neonatal mortality are stronger when the preceding child has survived the neonatal period than when it has died. Transitional (Markov), random-effects, and marginal models for correlated data are introduced, and are contrasted in interpretation and technique. Familial association of neonatal mortality can be approximately well by a first-order Markov model using generalized estimating equations (GEE) to allow for higher-order correlation.
authors.affiliation: Princeton University, Office of Population Research, NJ 08544.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zenger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001459:Bangladesh / Q000453:epidemiology; D001721:Birth Intervals; D001722:Birth Order; D003906:Developing Countries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007226:Infant Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors