Do racial inequities in infant mortality correspond to variations in societal conditions? A study of state-level income inequality in the U.S., 1992–2007

Arjumand Siddiqi, Marcella K. Jones, Donald J. Bruce and Paul C. Erwin

Social Science & Medicine, 2016, vol. 164, issue C, 49-58

Abstract: Prior studies have examined the association between income inequality and overall infant mortality rates (IMR). We examine effects of income inequality on racial inequities in IMR over the period 1992–2007 in the U.S.

Keywords: Income inequality; Infant mortality; Race; Racial disparities; Racial inequalities; State (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2016.07.013

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