Headship, Household Burden, and Infant Mortality in Taipei (1906–1944)

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Title:	Headship, Household Burden, and Infant Mortality in Taipei (1906–1944)
Other Titles:	戶長、家戶負擔與嬰兒死亡率：以台北為例 (1906-1944)
Authors:	Lin, Xingchen ChiaChi
Contributors:	淡江大學歷史學系
Keywords:	infant mortality;historical demography;headship;household composition;colonial Taiwan
Date:	2013-06-03
Issue Date:	2013-10-01 15:34:54 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications, Inc.
Abstract:	The purpose of this article is to explore the connection between household composition and infant mortality in the first half of the twentieth century in Taiwan. The research results claim that illegitimate infants have higher death risk than legitimate infants; that contrary to expectation female infants have mortality rates as high as boys; and that same sex sibling order effects are approximately same among boys and girls. The significance for infant mortality of the sex of household head is the other major finding of this article: female-headed families have higher rates of infant mortality.
Relation:	Journal of Family History 38(3), pp.344-364
DOI:	10.1177/0363199013484722
Appears in Collections:	[Graduate Institute & Department of History] Journal Article

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