Browsing by Author "Musizvingoza, R."

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    A Proportional Hazard model to establish factors that are significant in child survival.
    (IOSR, 2014) Musizvingoza, R.; Mwembe, D.; Nyamugure, P.
    This study addresses important issues affecting under-five mortality in Zimbabwe. The objective of this research is to establish factors that are significantly impacting on child survival and to determine the survival rate of children under the age of five years. Cox regression and Kaplan-Meier estimator were used for data analysis. Child survival was significantly influenced by two predictor variables, breastfeeding and immunisation status (p< 0.05). The Hazard ratios for variable breastfeeding and immunisation are 2.806 and 4.778 respectively. The survival functions for the children indicate a high survival rate especially in children who are well breastfed and those who are fully immunised. This study supports health policy interventions that enhance child survival. Immunisation and breastfeeding should be encouraged among mothers to enhance child survival.