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Birth spacing and infant mortality in Brazil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Slân L. Curtis  and
John W. McDonald
Slân L. Curtis
Affiliation:
Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton
John W. McDonald
Affiliation:
Department of Social Statistics, University of Southampton
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Summary

The effects of birth spacing on neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in Brazil were found to be very consistent with models based on data from other South American countries. The model for neonatal mortality simplified to three significant variables, whereas the model for post-neonatal mortality included four significant interactions.

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Research Article
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Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 23 , Issue 3 , July 1991 , pp. 343 - 352
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1991

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