Dynamics of inequality: Mother's education and infant mortality in China, 1970-2001

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 349-364

  Song, Shige ^a   Burgard, Sarah A ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

China; efficacy; endogeneity; fundamental cause; infant mortality; multilevel multiprocess model; prenatal care

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MOTHER; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80052388941     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: 21506000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022146511410886     Document Type: Article

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