Maternal educational attainment and infant mortality in the United States: Does the gradient vary by race/ethnicity and nativity?

<b>Background</b>: Maternal education-infant health gradients are flatter among foreign-born mothers than U.S.-born mothers; However, because common metrics of infant health are less predictive of infant mortality for some racial/ethnic and nativity groups, further study of maternal educ...

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Main Authors: Tiffany Green, Tod Hamilton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research 2019-09-01
Series:Demographic Research
Online Access:https://www.demographic-research.org/volumes/vol41/25/