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Title: Inequality and Infant and Childhood Mortality in the United States in the Twentieth Century

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2010

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Abstract: This paper deals with the issue of using infant and childhood mortality as an indicator of inequality.The case is that of the United States in the 20th century. Using microdata from the 1900 and 1910Integrated Public Use Microsamples (IPUMS), published data from the Birth Registration Area inthe 1920s, results from a number of surveys, and the Linked Birth & Infant Death Files from the NationalCenter for Health Statistics for 1991, infant and child mortality can be related to such other variablesas occupation of father or mother, education of father or mother, family income, race, ethnicity, andresidence. The evidence shows that, although there have been large absolute reductions in the levelinfant and child mortality rates and also a reduction in the absolute levels of differences across socioeconomicgroups, relative inequality has not diminished over the 20th century.

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Authors: Haines, Michael R.

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Publication Number: W16133

Institution: National Bureau of Economic Research

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Publisher Location: Cambridge, MA

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Fertility and Mortality

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