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Interesting study, but I feel there are more social factors that play into this and need to be studied. I have 2 kids and I can't imagine raising them without 2
by j_walter 6y ago
Interesting study, but I feel there are more social factors that play into this and need to be studied. I have 2 kids and I can't imagine raising them without 2 parents in the household. The infant mortality rate seems very correlated to having a 2 parent household (see link for data of 2 parent households by race). Now the black doctor vs. white doctor for a black baby mortality is very interesting and it would be interesting to know if it's actually a bias
by the white doctors or if black parents are less likely to trust a white doctor and ask questions (or something along those lines).
https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/8053-children-who-live-in-two-parent-families-by-race-ethnicity#detailed/1/any/false/1491,1049/4217,4218,4215,3301,4216,2664/15474,15473 https://datacenter.kidscount.org/data/tables/8053-children-w...
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- kohtatsu 6y agoAsking questions would increase the mortality?
- vladvasiliu 6y agoI would say GP's last sentence should be read : > if black parents are less likely to (trust a white doctor and ask questions) So if the doctor were white the parents would ask less questions than with a black doctor. Hence asking fewer questions would increase mortality. On the face of it this seems to make sense. If people don't see a doctor for what are unknown (to them) and possibly dangerous conditions, the babies wouldn't get help.