Early childhood stunting and later life outcomes: a longitudinal analysis
Using longitudinal data from four countries-Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam- we show that early childhood stunting is highly persistent as measured by the association between stunting status in early childhood and stunting status at age 15. Stunting in early childhood is associated with lower grad...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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January 2022
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Economics and human biology
Year: 2022, Volume: 44, Pages: 1-13 |
| ISSN: | 1873-6130 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101099 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101099 Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1570677X21001246 
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| Author Notes: | Ashwini Deshpande, Rajesh Ramachandran |
| Summary: | Using longitudinal data from four countries-Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam- we show that early childhood stunting is highly persistent as measured by the association between stunting status in early childhood and stunting status at age 15. Stunting in early childhood is associated with lower grade completion by age 22 and has a negative relationship with cognition as measured by math, language and reading scores at ages 8, 12 and 15. Stunting in early childhood is also associated with poorer subjective assessment of a child’s health at age 15. Analyzing determinants, we show that lack of preventive care and economic shocks are associated with an increase in the probability of stunting in early childhood. |
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| Item Description: | Online veröffentlicht am 16. Dezember 2021 Gesehen am 07.08.2023 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1873-6130 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.ehb.2021.101099 |