Niger Child Mortality Data: Care-Seeking for Neonates and 1–11-Month-Olds

Niger data from a study analyzing the relationship between caregivers' perception of illness severity and formal health care-seeking for neonates and 1–11-month-olds. The dataset, 77.6 KB in size and last updated in May 2026, was created by Henry D. Kalter and is shared under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It is derived from seven verbal and social autopsy (VASA) studies conducted in Africa and Asia.

Use Cases

• Modeling predictors of formal healthcare-seeking based on illness severity classification.
• Analyzing the impact of child age on care-seeking behavior for fatal illnesses.
• Evaluating the effectiveness of a 2-sign method for identifying neonatal illness severity.
• Comparing care-seeking patterns for infectious versus intrapartum- or prematurity-related conditions.

Strengths

• Derived from seven distinct verbal and social autopsy (VASA) studies, providing a multi-study foundation.
• Includes multivariate analysis results, such as adjusted odds ratios for age and illness severity.
• Explicitly compares care-seeking rates for mild (15.0%-66.7%), moderate (30.5%-68.5%), and severe (8.4%-41.8%) neonatal illness.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the source studies in Africa and Asia.

Provenance

Source

Henry D. Kalter

Collection Method

Data derived from seven verbal and social autopsy (VASA) studies.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-22 17:46:38; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Includes data from Niger and other African and Asian countries from the source studies.