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Housing quality and child mortality in the rural philippines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Nan E. Johnson  and
Merwyn R. Nelson
Nan E. Johnson
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
Merwyn R. Nelson
Affiliation:
Illinois Department of Public Health, Springfield, Illinois, USA
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Summary

This study investigated factors influencing child survival to age 5 years for a rural farm sample in Iloilo Province, Philippines. Children from better quality housing were more likely to live to age 5 than were children from worse quality housing. The life expectancy at birth, indirectly estimated by the Brass method, was 63·4 years for children from worse quality housing and 69·9 years for children from better quality housing. The implications are explored.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , October 1984 , pp. 531 - 540
Copyright
Copyright © 1984, Cambridge University Press

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