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Peer reviewedTresserras, R.; And Others – American Journal of Public Health, 1992
Studies the ecological association of infant mortality rate (IM) with per capita income (PI) and prevalence of adult illiteracy (AI) using 103 countries as units of analysis. The association of IM and PI shows slight, but nonsignificant improvement, between 1960 and 1982. AI remains a good predictor of IM. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Developing Nations, Ecological Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
