I grew up in a lower middle class family. Here's the formula for middle class and higher success in America:
1. stay in school
2. pay attention in school, learn the material
3. don't do drugs
4. don't do crimes
5. go to college (loans are readily available)
6. pick a major that pays well
It's not rocket science.
Your cite says that the differences in infant mortality shrink considerably when taking into account differential criteria for infant mortality. What the study does not address is drug abuse by the mother. The paper assumes differences are due to differential health care, rather than different lifestyle choices. Lifestyle that affects infant mortality include:
1. drug abuse
2. smoking
3. obesity
4. diet
5. alcohol use
6. absence of fathers (i.e. lack of stable family)
7. age of mother
These are all significant factors, and ignoring them and blaming the health care system is not good enough.
1. stay in school
2. pay attention in school, learn the material
3. don't do drugs
4. don't do crimes
5. go to college (loans are readily available)
6. pick a major that pays well
It's not rocket science.
Your cite says that the differences in infant mortality shrink considerably when taking into account differential criteria for infant mortality. What the study does not address is drug abuse by the mother. The paper assumes differences are due to differential health care, rather than different lifestyle choices. Lifestyle that affects infant mortality include:
1. drug abuse
2. smoking
3. obesity
4. diet
5. alcohol use
6. absence of fathers (i.e. lack of stable family)
7. age of mother
These are all significant factors, and ignoring them and blaming the health care system is not good enough.