Religion and Infant Mortality in the United States: A Community-Level Investigation of Denominational Variations in Postneonatal Deaths

Although a growing body of research has detected the effects of community-level religiosity on various health outcomes, very little scholarship has examined the influence of religious ecology on infant mortality rates (IMRs). We conduct ordinary least squares (OLS) regression analyses on postneonata...

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Authors: Garcia, Ginny (Author) ; Bartkowski, John P. 1966- (Author) ; Xu, Xiaohe (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 4, Pages: 886-895
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B USA / Infants / Denomination (Religion)
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBQ North America
Further subjects:B Congregations
B Religion
B postneonatal
B infant mortality
B Social Ecology
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