PARENTAL UNDERINVESTMENT - A LINK IN THE FERTILITY-MORTALITY CONTINUUM

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BALLWEG, JA
PAGTOLUNAN, IG
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[1] XAVIER UNIV,DEPT SOCIOL,CAGAYAN DE ORO 8401,PHILIPPINES
[2] XAVIER UNIV,DEPT ANTHROPOL,CAGAYAN DE ORO 8401,PHILIPPINES
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10.1007/BF00136395
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C921 [人口统计学];
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Selective parental investment in siblings has been used to describe differential mortality rates. Using data from 986 Filipino women who had an average of 4.8 live births, a LISREL and six sets of regression models support the hypothesis that fertility is linked to underinvestment and that mortality. as a consequence, is linked to high birth order. The analysis also identifies intervening factors associated with this relationship. Age of mother at childbirth showed a strong influence on the relationship of birth order and infant and child mortality; correlations are stronger among older than younger mothers. However, even after the effect of age of mother at childbirth was partialled out, the effect of birth order on infant and child mortality remained significant and substantial. The conclusion is that parental underinvestment represents a link between fertility and mortality during infancy and early childhood that has not been described previously. Policy makers appear to have overlooked parental underinvestment in favor of more obvious economic and health mediators.
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