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Two methods of estimating the target population for public maternity services programs.

Author(s) -

Susan Payne,

Donna M. Strobino

Publication year - 1984

Publication title -

american journal of public health

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284

H-Index - 264

eISSN - 1541-0048

pISSN - 0090-0036

DOI - 10.2105/ajph.74.2.164

Subject(s) - census , population , public health , population statistics , educational attainment , environmental health , geography , demography , medicine , economic growth , sociology , economics , nursing

One difficulty in estimating the target population for public health programs is identifying a current and appropriate indicator of the low-income population. Using data from Mississippi and Maryland, we determined that educational attainment of women giving birth is a feasible substitute for census data in estimating the low-income maternity population, and that vital statistics data offer several advantages for estimating the maternity services target population over census data.

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