Like Mother, Like Daughter. Intergenerational Transmission of Infant Mortality Clustering in Zeeland, the Netherlands, 1833-1912

The burden of infant mortality is not shared equally by all families, but clusters in high risk families. As yet, it remains unclear why some families experience more infant deaths than other families. Earlier research has shown that the risk of early death among infants may at least partially be t...

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Main Authors: Ingrid K. van Dijk, Kees Mandemakers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Instititute of Social History 2018-02-01
Series:Historical Life Course Studies
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Online Access:https://hlcs.nl/article/view/9286