Child Mortality, Women's Status, Economic Dependency, and State Strength: A Cross-National Study of Less Developed Countries.

Shen, Ce; Williamson, John B.

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ERIC Number: EJ557365

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Publication Date: 1997

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Child Mortality, Women's Status, Economic Dependency, and State Strength: A Cross-National Study of Less Developed Countries.

Shen, Ce; Williamson, John B.

Social Forces, v76 n2 p667-700 Dec 1997

Data from 86 developing countries suggest that foreign investment and debt dependency have adverse indirect effects on child mortality--effects mediated by variables linked to industrialism theory and gender stratification theory: women's education, health, and reproductive autonomy and rate of economic growth. State strength was related to lower child mortality rate. Contains 114 references. (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Contraception, Developing Nations, Economic Development, Females, Foreign Countries, Infant Mortality, Mortality Rate, Womens Education, Young Children

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Language: English

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