10.4225/03/5934ffc7341cb
Maitra, Pushkar
Pushkar
Maitra
Pal, Sarmistha
Sarmistha
Pal
Birth-spacing and Child Survival: Comparative Evidence from India and Pakistan
Monash University
2017
1959.1/2209
Correlated simultaneous hazards
Sibling inequality
Differential role of parents
Birth spacing
Child survival
2001
monash:2209
Resource constraint
Son preference
2017-06-05 06:52:53
Journal contribution
https://bridges.monash.edu/articles/journal_contribution/Birth-spacing_and_Child_Survival_Comparative_Evidence_from_India_and_Pakistan/5073952
This paper examines child mortality in India and Pakistan. Child survival is jointly estimated with birth spacing, because the duration between successive children is likely to significantly affect child quality and hence child survival. The analysis is based on National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 1992-93 household-level data from the Indian province of Punjab and Pakistan Integrated Household Survey (PIHS) 1991 data from the Pakistani Punjab province. There are interesting similarities and differences in the results from two provinces that have been separated by partition in 1947. While results relating to the importance of sibling competition and composition are similar, there are differences in results relating to household resource constraints and also paternal and maternal education in the two adjacent states. These also highlight the differential role of the state and the religion in these two samples.