Journal article
Protestantism and Child Mortality in Brazil
Journal of Religion and Health, Vol.60(2), pp.1388-1405
2021
PMID: 33405094
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Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to estimate the association between Protestantism and child mortality for Brazil. This paper employs data from the 1991, 2000, and 2010 Brazilian censuses. The association between Protestantism and child mortality was estimated using a conventional negative binomial regression model for women between the age of 20 and 34 years. This paper finds that the death rate of children born to Protestant mothers is around 5% lower compared to non-Protestant mothers, even after controlling for an extensive array of demographic and social characteristics. When Protestants are split into 'Traditional' and 'Pentecostal' groups, we find that the child mortality rate is substantially lower for Traditional Protestants. Our study contributes to the literature by providing recent empirical results on the association between child mortality and Protestantism in Brazil.
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- Title
- Protestantism and Child Mortality in Brazil
- Creators
- Luan Vinicius Bernardelli (Author) - State University of Paraná, Maringá, BrazilMichael A Kortt (Author) - Southern Cross UniversityEdnaldo Michellon (Author) - State University of Maringá, Maringá, Brazil
- Publication Details
- Journal of Religion and Health, Vol.60(2), pp.1388-1405
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 991012925456902368
- Academic Unit
- School of Business and Tourism; Management; Faculty of Business, Law and Arts
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article