Open AccessVery-low-birthweight infants and income incongruity among African American and white parents in Chicago.
Author(s) -
James W. Collins,
Allen Herman,
Richard J. David
Publication year - 1997
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.87.3.414
Subject(s) - demography , marital status , confidence interval , race (biology) , odds ratio , socioeconomic status , odds , family income , low income , educational attainment , white (mutation) , medicine , household income , gerontology , logistic regression , geography , population , socioeconomics , sociology , political science , gender studies , biochemistry , chemistry , archaeology , pathology , law , gene
Illinois vital records for 1982/1983 and US census income data for 1980 were analyzed to ascertain the relationship of income incongruity, race, and very low birthweight.