Background Short birth intervals are known to have negative effects on pregnancy
outcomes. We analysed data from a large population surveillance system in rural …

Background The distribution of birth intervals can be used to draw attention to important
characteristics of dynamics of fertility process. The main objective of this paper is to examine …

Background Women's empowerment, education, and economic status are jointly introduced
as women's 3E. A number of studies found the significant association of these three …

Introduction The analysis of factors affecting birth interval helps to reveal the mechanism and
dynamics of fertility behavior which changes the population structure of a country. This study …

Under-five mortality is a substantial indicator of children's health, well-being, and
consequently, socioeconomic development of a country. The primary focus of this study was …

The fertility rate of a married woman can be measured by the length of the first birth interval
(FBI). This length is influenced by some significant factors. Better knowledge about the …

Objective: The present paper demonstrates the applications of Accelerated Failure Time
(AFT) model with gamma and inverse Gaussian frailty distributions to estimate the effect of …

The interval between successive pregnancies (birth interval) is one of the main indexes
used to evaluate the health of a mother and her child. This study evaluated birth intervals in …

Background: The number of children ever born (CEB) to a woman, as an index of her fertility
behavior, are interesting for the governments and demographer policymakers. In recent …

In practice, it may happen that data may arise from a hierarchical structure ie, a cluster is
nested within another cluster. In this case, nested frailty model is appropriate to analyze …