INFANT AND CHILD-MORTALITY DETERMINANTS IN BANGLADESH - ARE THEY CHANGING

From the data of the 1989 Bangladesh Fertility Survey, aggregate death s reported at ages 0-12 and 13-60 months are used to estimate infant a nd child mortality. Multivariate analysis shows that preceding birth i nterval length, followed by survival status of the immediately precedi ng child, are the most important factors associated with differential infant and child mortality risks; sex of the index child and mother's and father's education are also significant. Demographic factors are i nfluential during infancy as well as childhood, but social factors, pa rticularly mother's and father's education, now emerge as significant predictors of infant mortality risks. This indicates a change in the r ole of socioeconomic factors, since the earlier Bangladesh Fertility S urvey in 1975.