Relationship of Paternity Status, Welfare Reform Period, and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality

American Journal of Men's Health

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 350-359

  Ngui, Emmanuel M ^a,b   Cortright, Alicia L ^c   Michalski, Karen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b Center for Urban Population Health   (United States)

^c Red Deer Regional Hospital Centre   (Canada)

^d City of Milwaukee Health Department   (United States)

Author keywords

birth outcomes; disparities; infant mortality; paternity status; race ethnicity; welfare reform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANCESTRY GROUP; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL WELFARE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATERNITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL WELFARE; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938938122     PISSN: 15579883     EISSN: 15579891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1557988314543906     Document Type: Article

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