Household Socio-Economic Status and Infant Mortality in Lagos State, Nigeria

Death is inevitable in all societies irrespective of colour, group or nationality. However, infants have greater risks of dying than matured people due to several factors, especially to their biological immaturity. Moreover, studies have established that infants whose parents are rich tend to enjoy higher chances of surviving than those whose parents are poor. The aim of this paper is to examine the relationship between the household socio-economic status and infant mortality (Death) in the study area. The study will anchor on social model and medical model to explain infant deaths within an household.The study population will consist of women in reproductive age group s between the ages of 16- 47 years., who had live birth within the last two years and men whose wives had live birth within the same time frame. A sample size of five hundred women and men will be selected across the state. The respondents will be chosen across the study areas using multi-stage technique. Twenty-health centre’s personnel will selected for in-depth interview across the state. The study hopes to find how household socio economic status affects both neonatal death and post neo-natal