The article examines infant and child mortality differentials in rural Nepal by geographic regions and socio-economic characteristics, which are known to have significant bearing on infant and child mortality. The author argues that geographic regions may not fully explain differentials in infant and child mortality. The article concludes that - although child mortality, in general, did not differ much between children of mothers who work aside from housework and those who do not work, in the Hills it was found to be higher among children of working than of non-working mothers. This may be due to some degree to the probability that children of working mothers are deprived of adequate care. (Rajeev Ranjan Singh 2007-02-02)