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A New Dataset on Infant Mortality Rates, 1816—2002

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  • M. Rodwan Abouharb

    (Department of Political Science, Louisiana State University, roda@lsu.edu)

  • Anessa L. Kimball

    (Department of Political Science, Université Laval, anessa.kimball@pol.ulaval.ca)

Abstract

Systematic data on annual infant mortality rates are of use to a variety of social science research programs in demography, economics, sociology, and political science. Infant mortality rates may be used both as a proxy measure for economic development, in lieu of energy consumption or GDP-per-capita measures, and as an indicator of the extent to which governments provide for the economic and social welfare of their citizens. Until recently, data were available for only a limited number of countries based on regional or country-level studies and time periods for years after 1950. Here, the authors introduce a new dataset reporting annual infant mortality rates for all states in the world, based on the Correlates of War state system list, between 1816 and 2002. They discuss past research programs using infant mortality rates in conflict studies and describe the dataset by exploring its geographic and temporal coverage. Next, they explain some of the limitations of the dataset as well as issues associated with the data themselves. Finally, they suggest some research areas that might benefit from the use of this dataset. This new dataset is the most comprehensive source on infant mortality rates currently available to social science researchers.

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  • M. Rodwan Abouharb & Anessa L. Kimball, 2007. "A New Dataset on Infant Mortality Rates, 1816—2002," Journal of Peace Research, Peace Research Institute Oslo, vol. 44(6), pages 743-754, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:joupea:v:44:y:2007:i:6:p:743-754
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    1. Luis Locay, 2009. "Cuban Socioeconomic Indicators before the Revolution: An International Comparison," Annual Proceedings, The Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy, vol. 19.
    2. Lant Pritchett & Charles Kenny, 2013. "Promoting Millennium Development Ideals: The Risks of Defining Development Down," Growth Lab Working Papers 48, Harvard's Growth Lab.
    3. Anton Parlow, 2016. "State and Development: Child Mortality and the War on Terror: Afghanistan from 2007 to 2010," HiCN Working Papers 220, Households in Conflict Network.
    4. Bryce W. Reeder & Matthew R. Reeder, 2014. "Political Violence, Interstate Rivalry, and the Diffusion of Public Health Crises," Social Science Quarterly, Southwestern Social Science Association, vol. 95(4), pages 1101-1120, December.

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