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Variations in Infant Mortality Rates Among Counties of the United States: The Roles of Public Policies and Programs

Author(s) -

Michael Grossman,

Steven Jacobowitz

Publication year - 1981

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060956

Subject(s) - abortion , infant mortality , legalization , poverty , medicaid , birth rate , subsidy , family planning , socioeconomic status , public policy , public health , economic growth , social policy , poverty rate , demography , demographic economics , political science , developing country , economics , population , health care , fertility , medicine , pregnancy , sociology , research methodology , genetics , nursing , law , biology

The purpose of this paper is to shed light on the causes of the rapid decline in the infant mortality rate in the United States in the period after 1963. The roles of four public policies are considered: Medicaid, subsidized family planning services for low-income women, maternal and infant care projects, and the legalization of abortion. The most striking finding is that the increase in the legal abortion rate is the single most important factor in reductions in both white and nonwhite neonatal mortality rates. Not only does the growth in abortion dominate the other public policies, but it also dominates schooling and poverty.

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