Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Business and Economics Conference (APBEC 2018)

Maternal Smoking Affects Infant Mortality in Indonesia: Fact or Myth?

Authors
Tyas Jualita Santy, Omas Bulan Samosir
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Tyas Jualita Santy
Available Online July 2019.
DOI
10.2991/apbec-18.2019.43How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Maternal smoking, infant mortality, passive smoking, exposure, survival analysis, tobacco, and cox regression
Abstract

This study addresses an important issue regarding infant mortality in Indonesia. This paper aims to investigate the impact of maternal smoking on infant mortality in Indonesia, as controlled by other maternal factors and socioeconomic variables. Using survival analysis, the results showed that maternal smoking significantly affects infant mortality (p < 0.05). Including control variables, a mother who exposes her infant to secondhand smoke increases the risk of infant mortality by 62.8 percent (Hazard Ratio = 1,628) compared to an unexposed infant. This study supports health policy initiatives to reduce the number of individuals who smoke and regulate other tobacco- related policies.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the Asia Pacific Business and Economics Conference (APBEC 2018)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
July 2019
ISBN
978-94-6252-766-9
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/apbec-18.2019.43How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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