2012-05-24T14:56:19Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/bangladesh.html http://www.rand.org/labor/FLS/MHSS.html Feb 2, 2011 Feb 2, 2011

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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090326.html Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2008

<p>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</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080720.html Dec 31, 2007 Dec 31, 2007

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070903.html Dec 31, 2006 Dec 31, 2006

<p>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.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20061244.html Dec 31, 2005 Dec 31, 2005

<p>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.</p>