Maternal Age and Infant Mortality for White, Black, and Mexican Mothers in the United States
This paper assesses the pattern of infant mortality by maternal age for white, black, and Mexican mothers using the 2013 Period Linked Birth/Infant Death Public Use File from the Centers for Disease Control. The results are consistent with the “weathering” hypothesis, which suggests that white women...
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| Language: | English |
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Society for Sociological Science
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Sociological Science |
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| Online Access: | https://www.sociologicalscience.com/articles-v3-2-32/ |