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題名 Differences in Child Health across Rural, Urban, and Slum Areas: Evidence from India
作者 Pörtner, Claus C.
蘇昱璇
Su, Yu-hsuan
貢獻者 國發所
關鍵詞 Child health; Rural; Sex selection; Slum; Urban
日期 2018-02
上傳時間 14-May-2018 17:29:33 (UTC+8)
摘要 The developing world is rapidly urbanizing, but an understanding of how child health differs across urban and rural areas is lacking. We examine the association between area of residence and child health in India, focusing on composition and selection effects. Simple height-for-age averages show that rural Indian children have the poorest health and urban children have the best, with slum children in between. With wealth or observed health environment held constant, the urban height-for-age advantage disappears, and slum children fare significantly worse than their rural counterparts. Hence, differences in composition across areas mask a substantial negative association between living in slums and height-for-age. This association is more negative for girls than boys. Furthermore, a large number of girls are "missing" in slums; we argue that this implies that the negative association between living in slums and health is even stronger than our estimate. The missing girls also help explain why slum girls appear to have a substantially lower mortality than rural girls, whereas slum boys have a higher mortality risk than rural boys. We estimate that slum conditions (such as overcrowding and open sewers), which the survey does not adequately capture, are associated with 20 % to 37 % of slum children`s stunting risk.
關聯 Demography,55(1), 223-247
資料類型 article
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0634-7
dc.contributor 國發所zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Pörtner, Claus C.en_US
dc.creator (作者) 蘇昱璇zh_TW
dc.creator (作者) Su, Yu-hsuanen_US
dc.date (日期) 2018-02
dc.date.accessioned 14-May-2018 17:29:33 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.available 14-May-2018 17:29:33 (UTC+8)-
dc.date.issued (上傳時間) 14-May-2018 17:29:33 (UTC+8)-
dc.identifier.uri (URI) http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/117165-
dc.description.abstract (摘要) The developing world is rapidly urbanizing, but an understanding of how child health differs across urban and rural areas is lacking. We examine the association between area of residence and child health in India, focusing on composition and selection effects. Simple height-for-age averages show that rural Indian children have the poorest health and urban children have the best, with slum children in between. With wealth or observed health environment held constant, the urban height-for-age advantage disappears, and slum children fare significantly worse than their rural counterparts. Hence, differences in composition across areas mask a substantial negative association between living in slums and height-for-age. This association is more negative for girls than boys. Furthermore, a large number of girls are "missing" in slums; we argue that this implies that the negative association between living in slums and health is even stronger than our estimate. The missing girls also help explain why slum girls appear to have a substantially lower mortality than rural girls, whereas slum boys have a higher mortality risk than rural boys. We estimate that slum conditions (such as overcrowding and open sewers), which the survey does not adequately capture, are associated with 20 % to 37 % of slum children`s stunting risk.en_US
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dc.relation (關聯) Demography,55(1), 223-247zh_TW
dc.subject (關鍵詞) Child health; Rural; Sex selection; Slum; Urbanen_US
dc.title (題名) Differences in Child Health across Rural, Urban, and Slum Areas: Evidence from Indiazh_TW
dc.type (資料類型) article
dc.identifier.doi (DOI) 10.1007/s13524-017-0634-7
dc.doi.uri (DOI) https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-017-0634-7