Infant mortality, per capita income, and adult illiteracy: An ecological approach

R. Tresserras, J. Canela, J. Alvarez, J. Sentis and L. Salleras

American Journal of Public Health, 1992, vol. 82, issue 3, 435-438

Abstract: The ecological association of infant mortality rate (IM) with per capita income (PI) and prevalence of adult illiteracy (AI) has been studied using countries as the unit of analysis. A negative association between IM and PI in 1960 and 1982 has been observed (sample correlation coefficient [r] = - .625 and r = -.729, respectively; P

Date: 1992
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