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Socioeconomic effects on child mortality in the United States

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  • Mare, R.D.

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Despite considerable reason for scholarly and policy interest in socioeconomic mortality differentials, socioeconomic effects on child and teenage mortality in the United States have been a neglected research topic because of several data limitations. Exploiting data obtained for other purposes, this paper reports socioeconomic effects on the mortality of children and teenagers. Socioeconomic mortality differentials among children are large--at least as large as those among adults. The major source of socioeconomic mortality differences among children is apparently differential risk to accidental death. Within the child population, the strength of socioeconomic effects varies directly with the relative importance of accidents as a component of overall mortality.

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  • Mare, R.D., 1982. "Socioeconomic effects on child mortality in the United States," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 72(6), pages 539-547.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1982:72:6:539-547_6
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    1. Diane Gibson, 2000. "Poverty, Food Stamp Program Participation, and Health: Estimates from the NLSY97," JCPR Working Papers 163, Northwestern University/University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research.
    2. Laura Valadez Martinez, 2014. "Bridging the Gap: Conceptual and Empirical Dimensions of Child Wellbeing in Rural Mexico," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 116(2), pages 567-591, April.
    3. Barth, Richard P. & Blackwell, Debra L., 1998. "Death rates among California's foster care and former foster care populations," Children and Youth Services Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(7), pages 577-604, August.

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