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Jan 1, 2005
In this paper, the authors examine trends and differentials in diarrhea prevalence and treatment in Brazil between 1986 and 1996.
Jan 1, 2004
This paper examines the differentials in under-five mortality for the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, between urban and rural areas and by location within urban areas over a 21-year period between 1970 and 1991.
Mother's education emerged as the key factor underlying socioeconomic inequalities in under-five mortality even as levels of education for women increased and inequality in schooling fell.
Nov 1, 1998
Using novel data from a 1995 national survey in Brazil, we find that the estimates of racial income inequality based on self-classification are lower than those based on interviewer classification.
Jan 1, 1998
What explains rural-urban differentials in child mortality in Brazil?
