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Race/Ethnic differences and age-variation in the effects of birth outcomes on infant mortality in the U.S

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  • Daniel A. Powers

    (University of Texas at Austin)

  • W. Parker Frisbie

    (University of Texas at Austin)

  • Robert A. Hummer

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Starling G. Pullum

    (University of Texas at Austin)

  • Patricio Solis

    (El Colegio de México)

Abstract

This paper investigates the effects of birth outcomes on infant mortality for non-Hispanic white, black, and Mexican-American females in the U.S. (1995-1998). Proportional hazard models with age-varying effects of continuous birth outcome measures reveal larger birth outcome effects on neonatal mortality, smaller effects on postneonatal mortality, and moderate age-variation within the neonatal period. Unlike static models, age-varying effect models of early and late gestational age and small birth weight statistically adjust for the black neonatal mortality disadvantage relative to whites.

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  • Daniel A. Powers & W. Parker Frisbie & Robert A. Hummer & Starling G. Pullum & Patricio Solis, 2006. "Race/Ethnic differences and age-variation in the effects of birth outcomes on infant mortality in the U.S," Demographic Research, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany, vol. 14(10), pages 179-216.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:demres:v:14:y:2006:i:10
    DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2006.14.10
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    Keywords

    infant and child mortality; measurements; statistical models; birth outcomes; racial/ethnic differences; nonproportional effects;
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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
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