title: Determinants of mortality among Cameroonian children: are the effects of breastfeeding and pace of childbearing artifacts?
abstract: "We analyse a rich data source, the Yaounde round of surveys [conducted] by IFORD (Institut de Formation et de Recherche Demographiques) during the late seventies and early eighties in several African urban centers. We argue that despite important limitations, these surveys are potentially very useful as a source of verification of hypotheses that have been heretofore improperly tested with retrospective surveys. Using the Yaounde round we obtain fine-tuned estimates of the effects of lactation and timing of following conception on infant and child mortality. We are able to identify the role played by birthweight, types of breastfeeding, and antecedent illnesses and thus control for important variables that are not normally recorded in conventional demographic surveys. We show that potential biases associated with losses to follow-up and selection processes are of little significance." (SUMMARY IN ITA AND FRE)
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D017954:Africa South of the Sahara; D000352:Africa, Northern; D001695:Biology; D001721:Birth Intervals; D001723:Birth Rate; D002163:Cameroon; D003625:Data Collection; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D005298:Fertility; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007774:Lactation; D009026:Mortality; D010827:Physiology; D011153:Population; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011247:Pregnancy; D012106:Research; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013997:Time Factors
keywords: Africa; Africa South Of The Sahara; Biology; Birth Intervals; Cameroon; Child Mortality; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Fertility; Fertility Measurements; French Speaking Africa; Infant Mortality; Lactation; Maternal Physiology; Middle Africa; Mortality; Mortality Determinants; Physiology; Population; Population Dynamics; Repeated Rounds Of Survey; Research Methodology; Sampling Studies; Studies; Survey Methodology; Surveys; Time Factors