NationMaster - Scatterplot: Health > Births > Low birth weight vs Democracy

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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.587 (this correlation is weak)

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Variable:	Health > Births > Low birth weight	Democracy > Female parliamentarians
Plot Display:	Logarithmic (base 10)	Logarithmic (base 10)
Definition:	Percentage of live births classified by the OECD as of low birth weight. Data generally for 2000; in some cases, data is for 1999, 1998, or, in the sole case of Belgium, 1997. Refer to the source for details.	Seats in parliament held by women (as % of total). Data are as of 8 March 2002. Where there are lower and upper houses, data refer to the weighted average of women's shares of seats in both houses.
Source:	OECD	calculated on the basis of data on parliamentary seats from IPU (Inter-Parliamentary Union). 2002. Parline Database. March 2002
Correlations:	Government > Parliamentary seats > Female Labor > Female doctors Democracy > Female parliamentarians People > Gender development index Food > Coffee consumption	Government > Parliamentary seats > Female People > Gender empowerment People > Gender development index People > Gender empowerment measure Health > Births > Low birth weight
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