Urban slums and the social production of infant mortality rates in the less developed countries : a macro-comparative, quantitative analysis / James Rice.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rice, James, author.

Series:

Social justice, equality and empowerment.

Novinka (Series)

Social Justice, Equality and Empowerment

Novinka

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Infants--Mortality--Developing countries.

Infants.

Slums--Developing countries.

Slums.

Cities and towns--Developing countries.

Cities and towns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (61 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2011.

Summary:

This book utilises the first-difference panel regression analysis to assess the direct effect of urban slum prevalence or the proportion of the total population living in urban slum conditions on national level measures of infant mortality rates over the period 1990 to 2005. Utilising data on 81 less developed countries, the results illustrate increasing urban slum prevalence over the period is a robust predictor of increasing infant mortality rates. This effect obtains net the statistically significant influence of gross domestic product per capita, fertility rate, and female secondary school enrolment. The results confirm urban slum prevalence growth is an important contextual dynamic whereby the social production of infant mortality is enacted in the less developed countries.

Contents:

URBAN SLUMS AND THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: A MACRO-COMPARATIVE, QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS ; URBAN SLUMS AND THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF INFANT MORTALITY RATES IN THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: AMACRO-COMPARATIVE, QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS ; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: INTRODUCTION; Chapter 2: URBAN SLUMS IN THE LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; Chapter 3: THE BUILT URBAN ENVIRONMENT AND THE SOCIAL PRODUCTION OF INFANT MORTALITY; THE INFLUENCE OF THE BUILT URBAN ENVIRONMENT ON INFANT MORTALITY RATES

Chapter 4: METHODOLOGYDEPENDENT VARIABLE; Main Independent Variable; ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT VARIABLES IN THE FIRSTDIFFERENCEREGRESSION MODELS; ADDITIONAL INDEPENDENT VARIABLE INCLUDED INTHE CROSS-SECTIONAL REGRESSION MODELS; REGRESSION DIAGNOSTICS; Chapter 5: RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; FIRST-DIFFERENCE PANEL REGRESSION MODELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL REGRESSION MODELS; Chapter 6: CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61761-702-4