title: [The effect of maternal education on the risk of infant mortality].
abstract: The impact of maternal education on infant mortality in Brazil is analyzed by estimating relative risks in a case control study.  "The cases consisted of a sample of infant deaths which were registered at the Registry Office and which occurred in the Metropolitan Region of Porto Alegre (Brazil) in 1980, and the control group was a sample of births occurring in the same region in 1980, and also notified to the Registry Office.  With information obtained from a special household survey, a total of 688 cases and 762 controls [were] analyzed...for maternal education and its association with family income, birth order and environmental factors.  Specific relative risks (associated with maternal education) have also been calculated separately for 3 groups of cause-of-death and for 3 age-at-death groups."  (SUMMARY IN ENG)
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Monteiro
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000569:Americas; D001695:Biology; D001722:Birth Order; D001938:Brazil; D002423:Cause of Death; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004522:Educational Status; D004777:Environment; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D007182:Income; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007843:Latin America; D009026:Mortality; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013020:South America
keywords: Age Factors; Americas; Biology; Birth Order; Brazil; Causes Of Death; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Environment; Evaluation; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Income; Infant Mortality; Latin America; Mortality; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; South America