Abstract
In Volume 120, No. 6, page 643, the Table was incorrect in the article “Child Labor, Gender, and Health.” The correct table appears below:
Comparison of literacy rates between males and females and the mortality rate for children younger than 5 years of age SOURCE: UNICEF. State of the world's children [cited 2005 Sep 2]. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 2003. Also available from: URL: http://www.unicef.org/sowc03/contents/pdf/SOWC03-eng.pd
Country
Literacy rate 1990
Literacy rate 2000
Mortality rate per 1,000 live births (birth-age 5) 2001
Males
Females
Males
Females
Afghanistan
40
12
51
21
257
Angola
56
29
-
-
208
Liberia
55
23
70
37
190
Nicaragua
61
61
64
64
36
Niger
18
5
23
8
265
Pakistan
49
20
57
28
107
Philippines
93
92
96
95
29