Children born into landless, and hence poor, families suffered reduced marital prospects, lower probability of reproduction, and higher infant mortality.

根据这个研究小组公布在《生态学》杂志上的研究结果，在没有土地的贫困家庭出生的儿童往往都经受了婚姻前景黯淡、生育率低下、新生儿死亡率高等痛苦。

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For example, the goal of reducing infant mortality among lower social classes, more prevalent than higher up the scale, initially appears laudable.

比如说，低等社会阶层很流行的婴儿死亡率，它的流行程度比数据上写的更高，为了降低这种死亡率而建立目标，一开始好像很值得赞赏。

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Any gains from having more than one offspring at a time might be expected to be like higher infant and maternal mortality rates.

每次从多于一个孩子那里获得的比期望的更多，通常会伴随着较高的婴儿死亡率和母亲死亡率。

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Only three developed countries have higher infant mortality rates.

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After comparing various unequal countries and American states with more equal ones, the authors concluded that greater inequality leads to more crime, higher infant mortality, fatter citizens, shorter lives, more teenage pregnancies, more discrimination against women and so on.

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Ranked at number 23, the UK had fewer women in Parliament and higher maternal and infant mortality rates than much of Europe, Save the Children reported.

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