The concern of this paper is with available statistical methods for the multivariate analysis of retrospective [childhood] mortality data....[The authors] review some possible statistical techniques, report their application to Bangladeshi survival data, and appraise their advantages and limitations. Data are from the 1975-1976 Bangladesh Fertility Survey. - See more at: http://www.popline.org/node/394046#sthash.asMk4JKb.dpuf