Infant Health: Race, Risk, and Residence
- 8 May 2003
- book chapter
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP)
Abstract
The prevalence of disadvantages among individual African Americans does not fully explain their poor birth outcomes, nor is there a biological vulnerability specific to African-Americans. This chapter looks beyond individual attributes and explores where and how African-American women live in an effort to understand these enduring inequalities. It focuses on the residents of Chicago, the third most segregated city in the United States.Keywords
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