title: Urban survival strategies and infant mortality in Paramaribo, Suriname.
abstract: The author examines the relationship between infant mortality and urban social structure using data collected in a lower class urban neighborhood in Paramaribo, Suriname, between 1979 and 1982.  "The main results of this investigation point to an increase in infant mortality during the past years among a sample of 100 families in the neighbourhood. The analysis also shows that the rise in infant mortality was mainly due to a shortening of the duration of breastfeeding of the babies.  This change in feeding practices in its turn, resulted from a shift in the survival strategies of the mothers associated with conflicting interests concerning land use in the inner city of Paramaribo." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND ITA)
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Lamur
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D000569:Americas; D001695:Biology; D001942:Breast Feeding; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D004777:Environment; D006262:Health; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007227:Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D007774:Lactation; D009026:Mortality; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D010827:Physiology; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011247:Pregnancy; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013020:South America; D013532:Suriname; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: Americas; Biology; Breast Feeding; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Environment; Health; Infant Mortality; Infant Nutrition--changes; Lactation--changes; Land Supply; Maternal Physiology; Mortality; Natural Resources; Nutrition; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Social Class; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; South America; Suriname; Urban Population