Infant Mortality

Associated Documents (4)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Mackey, Wade C.Sexually transmitted disease and gender roles: an index of cultural evolution
Marlowe, Frank W.Male contribution to diet and female reproductive success
Volk, Anthony A.Infant and child death in the human environment of evolutionary adaptation
Bauer, VincentLegacies of Islamic Rule in Africa: Colonial Responses and Contemporary Development

Associated Hypotheses (6)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Mackey, Wade C.Rates of women's infection with HIV/AIDS will be positively associated with income, infant mortality, percentage of labor force engaged in agriculture, total fertility rate, and negatively associated with murder/homicide rate (54).
Bauer, VincentContemporary health outcomes will be worse for ethnic groups historically ruled by Islamic kingdoms than for ethnic groups historically ruled by non-Islamic kingdoms. (5)
Marlowe, Frank W.Male contribution to subsistence will be negatively associated with infant mortality, juvenile mortality, and post-infant juvenile mortality (756-7).
Volk, Anthony A.Infant and child mortality rates will be higher among contemporary hunter-gatherer populations than in western, industrialized populations.
Volk, Anthony A.The estimated Environment of Evolutionary Adaptedness (EEA) infant and child mortality rate will be greater than the mortality rates in modern Western cultures.
Volk, Anthony A.Agriculturalist populations will have lower infant and child mortality rates than hunter-gatherer populations.

Associated OCMs

  1. mortality