How Does Economic Inequality Affect Infanticide Rates? An Analysis of 15 Years of Death Records and Representative Economic Data
Abstract
:1. Introduction
1.1. Question of Current Study
1.2. Multiple Causes of Infanticide
1.3. Environmental Causes of Infanticide
1.4. Macro-Level Economic Variables and Their Associations with Infanticide
1.5. Hypothesis of the Current Study
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Data
2.2. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Variable | Definition | Median (Q1–Q3) | Min–Max |
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Infanticide rate per 100,000 | number of infant deaths caused by assault per 100,000 infants | 2.70 (1.68–4.98) | 0.75–7.75 |
Quarterly growth rate of GDP (%) | percentage change of real GDP from previous quarter | 0.77 (0.58–1.25) | −3.33–2.84 |
Unemployment rate (%) | number of unemployed people divided by the number of economically active persons aged 15 or older | 3.5 (3.2–3.7) | 2.8–4.6 |
Income inequality index | |||
p80/p20 ratio | the ratio of income in the top 20% of the population to income in the bottom 20% | 5.17 (4.88–5.34) | 4.19–5.93 |
Quarterly change rate of household income | |||
in 20th percentile | quarterly change rate of income in the bottom of 20% of the population | 2.45 (−4.29–7.10) | −11.75–12.65 |
in 10th percentile | quarterly change rate of income in the bottom 10% of the population | 2.39 (−5.14–7.62) | −14.98–16.81 |
Divorce rate (%) | number of divorces per 1000 people | 2.4 (2.2–2.6) | 1.8–3.6 |
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Baek, S.-U.; Lim, S.-S.; Kim, J.; Yoon, J.-H. How Does Economic Inequality Affect Infanticide Rates? An Analysis of 15 Years of Death Records and Representative Economic Data. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019, 16, 3679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193679
Baek S-U, Lim S-S, Kim J, Yoon J-H. How Does Economic Inequality Affect Infanticide Rates? An Analysis of 15 Years of Death Records and Representative Economic Data. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2019; 16(19):3679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193679
Chicago/Turabian StyleBaek, Seong-Uk, Sung-Shil Lim, Jihyun Kim, and Jin-Ha Yoon. 2019. "How Does Economic Inequality Affect Infanticide Rates? An Analysis of 15 Years of Death Records and Representative Economic Data" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16, no. 19: 3679. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph16193679