Infant Mortality, Per Capita Income, and Adult Illiteracy: An Ecological Approach.

Tresserras, R.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ442413

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Publication Date: 1992

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Infant Mortality, Per Capita Income, and Adult Illiteracy: An Ecological Approach.

Tresserras, R.; And Others

American Journal of Public Health, v82 n3 p435-38 Mar 1992

Studies the ecological association of infant mortality rate (IM) with per capita income (PI) and prevalence of adult illiteracy (AI) using 103 countries as units of analysis. The association of IM and PI shows slight, but nonsignificant improvement, between 1960 and 1982. AI remains a good predictor of IM. (SLD)

Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors, Economically Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries, Illiteracy, Incidence, Income, Infant Mortality, International Studies, Mortality Rate, Population Trends, Poverty, Predictor Variables, Socioeconomic Status, Trend Analysis

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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