Consanguinity, pregnancy outcomes and offspring mortality in India: Evidences from National Family Health Survey, 2015-2021
Mir Azad Kalam,
Santosh Kumar Sharma,
Saswata Ghosh
et al.
Abstract:The authors hypothesize that consanguineous marriages remain a risk factor for pregnancy outcomes and offspring mortality in post-globalized India. Data from women aged 15–49 from National Family Health Surveys 4(2015–2016) and 5(2019–2021) were pooled and used for analysis. The study used binary logistic regression and Cox proportional hazard regression models to examine the effects of close (CC) and distant (DC) consanguinity on spontaneous abortion, stillbirth, neonatal mortality, and post-neonatal, child m… Show more
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