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Peer reviewedCollins, James W., Jr.; Davis, Richard J. – American Journal of Public Health, 1990
Analyzes the effects of the following factors on low birth weight of 103,072 Black and White infants in Chicago: (1) median family income; (2) maternal age; (3) education; and (4) marital status. Concludes that family income shows racial disparity and that traditional risk factors do not completely explain racial differences in neonatal outcome.…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Birth Weight, Black Population Trends, Blacks
Grosset, Jane M.; Hawk, Thomas R. – 1986
The study reported here employed a quasi-factorial ecological approach to explore the possibility of using economic and social indicators available from the 1980 census to construct a socio-economic status (SES) index. The study hypothesized that if an appropriate factor analysis model could be identified, factor score equations could be used to…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Economic Factors, Factor Analysis, High Risk Students
