“…Future research is needed to examine the impact of other correlates of aggregate infant mortality on the black-white differential. Examples of these variables include access to medical technology, quality of housing (Brooks 1975), overcrowded living conditions (Schwirian and Lacreca 1971), quality of medical care under Medicaid (Brooks 1978), and exposure to air pollu tion (Joyce, Grossman, andGoldman 1989)-Corman andGrossman (1985) concluded that the availability of abortion, of neonatal intensive care units, education, Medicaid, community health service projects, ma ternal nutrition programs, and family planning services has an impact on neonatal mortality rates at the county level. However, the topic of black-white infant mortality differences has seldom been a primary con cern in published reports.…”