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International stratification and the health of women: An empirical comparison of alternative models of world-system position

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  • Dyches, Hayne
  • Rushing, Beth

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Women's health status is investigated in the context of stratification in the world-system. We investigate three alternative conceptualizations of the world-system for their effects on women's health status, using country-level data. The models investigate the effects of world-system position, military expenditures, and health resources on women's health status. Comparison of the alternative conceptualizations of world-system position indicate that a continuous model is only negligibly better than three-or five-block models at explaining women's health status. Regardless of how it is measured, world-system position has dramatic effects on women's health.

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  • Dyches, Hayne & Rushing, Beth, 1996. "International stratification and the health of women: An empirical comparison of alternative models of world-system position," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 43(7), pages 1063-1072, October.
  • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:43:y:1996:i:7:p:1063-1072
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    1. Moore, Spencer & Teixeira, Ana C. & Shiell, Alan, 2006. "The health of nations in a global context: Trade, global stratification, and infant mortality rates," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 63(1), pages 165-178, July.

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