A new working paper on "The Effect of Birth Intention Status on Infant Mortality: A Fixed Effects Analysisof 60 Countries" with Ewa Batyra is out on MPIDR working papers series!

We show the association is very different depending on whether you control for within family effects or not: not controlling makes it seem like mortality is lower for mistimed/unwanted births.

https://www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/working/wp-2022-032.pdf

#demography #InfantMortality #DHS #UnintendedBirths #GlobalHealth

A new working paper on "The Effect of Birth Intention Status on Infant Mortality: A Fixed Effects Analysisof 60 Countries" with Ewa Batyra is out on MPIDR working papers series!

We show the association is very different depending on whether you control for within family effects or not: not controlling makes it seem like mortality is higher for mistimed/unwanted births.

https://www.demogr.mpg.de/papers/working/wp-2022-032.pdf

#demography #InfantMortality #DHS #UnintendedBirths #GlobalHealth