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The relationship between socioeconomic status and infant mortality in metropolitan Ohio, 1999-2001
Franklin W Goza1, Edward G Stockwell, Kelly S Balistreri
1Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH 43403, USA. goza@bgnet.bgsu.edu
Abstract:
Empirical evidence has consistently documented the direct relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic inequality in the United States and numerous other countries. While the majority of these studies reveal an inverse relationship between socioeconomic level and infant mortality, not even this finding is free from disagreement. Furthermore, the specific nature and magnitude of this relationship has varied over time. This study will examine the relationship between socioeconomic status and infant mortality in metropolitan Ohio by using birth and infant death data centered on the 2000 Census. The analyses presented herein will describe and analyze the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status in metropolitan Ohio in the year 2000. The key finding is that in spite of remarkable declines in infant mortality during the past several decades, most notably in neonatal mortality, there continues to be a pronounced inverse association between the infant death rate and the economic status of a population.
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