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Income inequality is associated with adolescent fertility in Brazil

A longitudinal multilevel analysis of 5,565 municipalities

Bibliographic Data

ID15373910
AuthorsAlexandre DP Chiavegatto Filho (Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author), Ichiro Kawachi (0000-0003-3579-4456, Universidade de São Paulo)
Year2015
Volume15
Issue1
Pages103-103
Publication date2015-02-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/s12889-015-1369-2
PMID25884433
PMCIDPMC4334765
OpenAlexW2062148673
LanguageEN
Citations received14
References cited18

Income inequality is expected to be a leading concern for most countries in the near future. Our results suggest that changes in income inequality are positively and consistently associated with changes in adolescent fertility

Economic inequality · Environmental health · Family planning · Fertility · Gini coefficient · Inequality · Multilevel model · Per capita income · Population · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Statistics · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · Maternal and Neonatal Healthcare · Mathematics · Medicine

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Unique citing works14
Citations per year1,4
Citation span2016 - 2026 (11)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 12
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