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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 1 Trends in U5MR in India by religion from 1992–1993 to 2015–2016

From: Explaining the diminishing of Muslim advantage in child survival in India

Religion

1992–1993

1998–1999

2005–2006

2015–2016

Change

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(1–4)

Hindu

113.2 (0.0016)

99.4 (0.0018)

75.9 (0.0018)

50.5 (0.0006)

62.7

Muslim

102.1 (0.0035)

80.3 (0.0031)

70.0 (0.0038)

49.9 (0.0012)

52.2

Others

70.5 (0.0048)

66.5 (0.0041)

61.9 (0.0050)

36.1 (0.0022)

34.4

Total

113.3 (0.0024)

99.3 (0.0020)

74.8 (0.0020)

50.0 (0.0008)

63.3

Hindu–Muslim

11.1

19.1

5.9

0.6

10.5

  1. Standard Errors are reported in parenthesis; Estimates are based on the last births sample