SOCL 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Low Birth Weight

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCL 1101
• Professor: Laura Senier

Document Summary

Health across the mbta: premature death: death before age 75. Low birth weight: babies born less than 2. 5 lbs, have trouble maintaining weight, have fragile nutritional weight, usually an indicator of premature death (death before 1 yr) In rural counties, the poverty rate is higher than the national rate (around 13, 14 percent: metro defined through population rates. Persistent poverty lines: persistent poverty: 20% or more of people have been below the poverty line for at least 30 years. Where you live matters: for people in 1st vs 99th percentile lived around 11 years longer.