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The fami le s e:n .4 dar C ,rrois I lived ,
communiti,es where .:,mmun t.: *=,: rrgar 7a i,: n wa s c:mmor,­
=nd i icatos e sr r~ . C 19,, ­
- ,:', T - al.;
ne g hborhood j.ntas ,. - 3 38%, 31), T - 38%).
Indicators of commvnity development. in ,hese .. ':,:,mmu ities
ere lso prevalent: sols were present in the majorit-y
of commnities (C - 93%, - 90%, T S1 31%) and in-house
piped water irn almost. h C - 4,3% .T - 43).
Pertinent health r-esources in these .:ommun1ies "
included health pr, mc,ters (C - 93%, - 87%, T - 89%),
trained midwives (C - 74,, , - 64%, T - 67%), and emp irial
maidwives (C - "0%, -47%, T SaSm.
The families themselves of cases and controls also did
not. di f'fer i,nsoci,:,economic indicators including family
size, type and size of house, landIholdings, ,:rops
prod.L::ed / s old, paterna I ,:,ccvpation :.Ir membership ir,
:ommunity organizations or
paternal literscy, schooling, .cr
ability to speak Spanish (indeed, cmany
:,f the sociceconomic
characteristics :f the case families were
"better" than the
controls).
The most st.riking aspect. of t.hese findings, and
perhaps the ,most important From the perspective :,f SCF, i s
thaf none of these important resources and products ':,
development was associated with any modification
-:Frisk of
perinatal and neonatal mortaliby. This, finding indicates
1,haf reductiont of such mrtality crnnot be hoped for From