'Bread and a pennyworth of treacle': Excess female mortality in England in the 1840s

The observation of relatively high female mortality in the populations of contemporary less-developed countries and historically in Western Europe has been interpreted as indicating socioeconomic discrimination against females. Mortality rates, though not mechanically linked to welfare levels, may r...

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Main Author: Humphries, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1991