Spatial analysis of child mortality in South Africa in relation to poverty and inequality : evidences from the 2011 census

Subnational estimates of child mortality are difficult to produce and are rare in Sub- Saharan Africa. It is the overall aim of this research to derive estimates of child mortality rates for the municipalities and provinces of South Africa using the 2011 census data, and to assess the results in relation to the level of poverty and inequality. The estimation of child mortality rates is achieved through the use of direct synthetic cohort methods with Bayesian spatial smoothing. The Bayesian spatial smoothing process is used to generate municipal level estimates of child mortality rates. The model utilises information from neighbouring municipalities by controlling the effects of women’s education and HIV/AIDS.

Grantor dc:publisher.institution

Centre for Actuarial Research (CARE)

Year dc:date.issued

2014

Author dc:creator

• Zewdie, Samuel Abera

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Adjiwanou, Vissého

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/11427/13078

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/13078