Modeling Covariates of Infant and Child Mortality in Kenya

Abstract

Mortality of children under the age of five has been target of public health policies. There has been a significant decline in under-five mortality in the twenty first century in almost all countries several studies have been conducted to identify covariates of Infant and Child Mortality in Kenya but none of these used recent data and none has included HIV/AIDs as a risk factor. This study aims at examining bio demographic, socio-economic and environmental mortality in Kenya. Two methods of the logistic regression and survival analysis method are used. The results of the study show that HIV status of the mother and lengths of the preceding birth interval were significantly associated with both Infant and Child Mortality. Other significant covariates include birth order, age of the mother at birth of the child, sex of the child, education of the mother and father and wealth index