Understanding the relationship between poverty and children's health |
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| Affiliation: | 1. John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;2. National Bureau of Economic Research, 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;3. The World Bank, 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA;4. London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton St., London WC2A 2AE, UK;1. Neurogenetics Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;2. Center for Molecular Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital Solna, Stockholm, Sweden;3. Department of Adult Psychiatry, PRIMA Barn och Vuxenpsykiatri AB, Stockholm, Sweden;4. Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;5. Endocrine and Diabetes Unit, Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery; Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;6. Department of Clinical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Danderyd University; Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden;7. Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Lund, Sweden;8. Centre for Family Medicine, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden;1. Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Applied Analytical and Physical Chemistry, Coupure Links 653, Ghent 9000, Belgium;2. Ghent University, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Department of Biosystems Engineering, Laboratory for Thermochemical Conversion of Biomass, Coupure Links 653, Ghent 9000, Belgium;3. Kassel University, Department of Grassland Science and Renewable Plant Resources, Kassel University, Steinstrasse 19, Witzenhausen, 37213 Kassel, Germany;4. Korea Biochar Research Center, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon 200-701, Republic of Korea;1. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL 35294, USA;2. Department of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, AL 35294, USA;1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA;2. National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD;3. Department of Economics, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, Bangladesh |
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| Abstract: | Throughout the world, children from poor households have worse health than children from wealthier households. There are numerous channels through which such disparities may arise. For designing programs to improve children's health, it is important to identify, for example, whether these disparities arise from differences in pre-natal health inputs and behaviors (nutrition, alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy), or differential health inputs following birth. We explore these issues for Russia, where children's health is particularly poor. We find that large health disparities between rich and poor originate largely from differences in pre-natal nutrition and alcohol use. |
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