NDLI: Rural–Urban Child Height for Age Trajectories and Their Heterogeneous Determinants in Four Developing Countries

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Author	lan, Laura B.
Copyright Year	2016
Abstract	The large literature on health differentials between rural and urban areas relies almost exclusively on cross-sectional data. Bringing together the demographic literature on area-level health inequalities with the bio-physiological literature on children’s catch-up growth over time, this paper uses panel data to investigate the stability and origins of rural–urban health differentials. Using data from the Young Lives longitudinal study of child poverty, I present evidence of large level differences but similar trends in rural versus urban children’s height for age in four developing countries. Further, observable characteristics of children’s environment such as their household wealth, mother’s education, and epidemiological environment explain these differentials in most contexts. In Peru, where they do not, children’s birthweight and mothers’ health and other characteristics suggest that initial endowments—even before birth—may play an important role in explaining "residual" rural–urban child height inequalities. These latter results imply that prioritizing maternal nutrition and health is essential—particularly where rural–urban height inequalities are large. Interventions to reduce area-level health inequalities should begin even before birth.
Starting Page	599
Ending Page	629
Page Count	31
File Format	PDF
ISSN	01675923
Journal	Population Research and Policy Review
Volume Number	35
Issue Number	5
e-ISSN	15737829
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Netherlands
Publisher Date	2016-06-08
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Health inequalities Area-level health differentials Early life health Demography Sociology Population Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Demography Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

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