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Gortmaker, Steven L. – 1977
This paper examines the theoretical and empirical roles of income poverty and race in the determination of infant mortality differentials in the United States. A basic model of the process of infant mortality is conceptualized. It outlines a theory of the influence of a variety of biological, social, and economic factors upon the risk of infant…
Descriptors: Blacks, Comparative Analysis, Death, Health Conditions
