Infant mortality, per capita income, and adult illiteracy: an ecological approach. | Zendy

Ricard Tresserras | Zendy; Jaume Canela | Zendy; José Luis Álvarez Macías | Zendy; J. Sentís | Zendy; L. Salleras | Zendy

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Infant mortality, per capita income, and adult illiteracy: an ecological approach.

Author(s) -

Ricard Tresserras,

Jaume Canela,

José Luis Álvarez Macías,

J. Sentís,

L. Salleras

Publication year - 1992

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.82.3.435

Subject(s) - functional illiteracy , ecological study , confidence interval , demography , per capita , per capita income , infant mortality , medicine , environmental health , population , sociology , political science , law

The ecological association of infant mortality rate (IM) with per capita income (PI) and prevalence of adult illiteracy (AI) has been studied using countries as the unit of analysis. A negative association between IM and PI in 1960 and 1982 has been observed (sample correlation coefficient [r] = -.625 and r = -.729, respectively; P less than .05). A correlation between IM and AI has been found for both men and women (r = .827 and r = .855, respectively; P less than .05). The ecological relative risks were 7.43 for men and 5.82 for women (95% confidence intervals: 5.16-10.71 and 4.36-7.75, respectively). The association of IM and PI shows a slight but not significant improvement between 1960 and 1982. AI can be considered a good predictor of IM in countries.

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