Parental Income as A Determinant of Child Mortality in the Rural and Urban Areas of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
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This study sought to investigate how parental income determined child mortality levels in the rural and urban areas of Akwa Ibom State. Data was collected with the use of questionnaire from 600 randomly selected respondents, aged 14-49 years in three rural (Ibiono Ibom, Oruk Anam, Urue-Offong/Oruko) and three urban (Uyo, Ikot Ekpene, Oron) centers. The study also adopted the descriptive survey research design and was guided with the assumptions of the proximate determinants framework of child survival. Three types of estimates, namely, number of children ever born to women of a particular age x; death and survival probabilities for children from birth to exact age x; and, mortality index for women in a certain age and socioeconomic categories were computed as preconditions for adopting the Brass Model. Findings showed that income varied higher for the urban respondents and lower for the rural respondents, but generally, the amount of earned income in both areas related inversely with the level of child mortality. On the basis of the findings, it was recommended that free and compulsory door-to-door immunizations and vaccinations be given to every new born in the state, adequate law and enforcement against parents who fail to produce their children for the campaigns.
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