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Survey in Rural Bangladesh Explores Life-Cycle and Aging

The Matlab Health and Socio-economic Survey, conducted in 1996, provides a unique microlevel data set for research on aging. In particular, these new data will support in-depth analyses — not possible with existing survey data — on interrelated topics having to do with life-cycle investments in the physical, economic, and social well-being of adults and the elderly.

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Which Factors Explain the Decline in Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh? — Dec 31, 2008

The authors use data from the Matlab Demographic Surveillance System on nearly 94,000 singleton live births that occurred between 1987 and 2002 to investigate the extent to which the change in mortality over this period can be explained by changes in repr

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The Effects of Pregnancy Spacing on Infant and Child Mortality in Matlab, Bangladesh: How They Vary By the Type of Pregnancy Outcome That Began the Interval — Dec 31, 2007

Assesses the effects of duration of intervals between pregnancy outcomes on infant and child mortality and how effects vary over child subperiods and by the outcome that began the interval. Shorter intervals are associated with higher mortality.

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Effects of Interpregnancy Interval and Outcome of the Preceding Pregnancy on Pregnancy Outcomes in Matlab, Bangladesh — Dec 31, 2006

Women whose pregnancies are between 15 and 75 months after a preceding pregnancy outcome (regardless of its type) have a lower likelihood of fetal loss than those with shorter or longer IPIs. Those with a preceding NLB outcome deserve special attention in counselling and monitoring.

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Why Are Infant and Child Mortality Rates Lower in the MCH-FP Area of Matlab, Bangladesh? — Dec 31, 2005

Infant and child mortality rates are significantly lower in the Maternal and Child Health-Family Planning (MCH-FP) area of Matlab, Bangladesh, than in a comparison area.

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