Under-5 mortality in France: Understanding the gap between the immigrant and native-born
(2024) , 21 pages
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Guillot, michel 
- Abstract
- Since 2012, France has witnessed a significant increase in infant mortality rates, raising questions about inequalities in infant mortality. This paper aims to elucidate these issues using data from the Permanent Demographic Sample, a substantial French sociodemographic panel spanning 1990 to 2020, comprising 687,535 births. Using the migratory origin of parents—defined by either parent’s country of birth. Two groups were distinguished: native-born and immigrant (foreign-born). First, trends in under-5 mortality rates post-2012 were estimated using segmented regression of an interrupted time series. Second, a multivariate Twofold Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition model, adjusting for infant and parental characteristics and calendar year was employed. Several results emerge from this analysis. Firstly, there are very large disparities in under-5 mortality between immigrant and the native-born when we use the origin of either parent. Secondly, there is a significant increase in the under-5 mortality gap between immigrant and native-born between the pre-2012 period and the post-2012 period, particularly evident when considering the father’s origin, with an estimated variation of 0.42 (95% CI 0.23-0.60). Thirdly, this increase in the under-5 mortality gap is due to a change in the composition of the immigrant over time. Finally, only a small portion of the mortality disparities was explained by composition effects, mainly father’s and mother’s age.
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Population Studies Center, University of Pennsylvania Ined
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Idohou, E. (2024). Under-5 mortality in France: Understanding the gap between the immigrant and native-born. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/269167