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SUBMITTER: Novak NL
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5888070 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Novak Nicole L NL Lira Natalie N O'Connor Kate E KE Harlow Siobán D SD Kardia Sharon L R SLR Stern Alexandra Minna AM
American journal of public health 20180322 5
<h4>Objectives</h4>To compare population-based sterilization rates between Latinas/os and non-Latinas/os sterilized under California's eugenics law.<h4>Methods</h4>We used data from 17 362 forms recommending institutionalized patients for sterilization between 1920 and 1945. We abstracted patient gender, age, and institution of residence into a data set. We extracted data on institution populations from US Census microdata from 1920, 1930, and 1940 and interpolated between census years. We used ...[more]