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Do skewed sex ratios among children promote parental smoking? : longitudinal evidence from rural China

Chen, Xi - 2017

smoke. Men are the major income earners in most Chinese families and thus bear much of the financial burden in preparation … for children’s marriage. This paper investigates how a demographic factor - a large number of surplus men in the marriage … ratios among children and intense smoking among fathers. Considering worsening sex ratios and highly competitive marriage …

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Health inequality among Chinese older adults : the role of childhood circumstances

Yan, Binjian; Chen, Xi; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020

This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the contributions may vary across key dimensions of health. We link the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS) in 2013 and 2015 with its Life History Survey in 2014...

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Something in the pipe : Flint water crisis and health at birth

Wang, Rui; Chen, Xi; Li, Xun - 2021

effect on the length of gestation or rate of prematurity. However, these effects are larger among children born to black … mothers, as indicated by an increase in the rate of LBW by 2.5 percentage points (or 19 percent). Children born to white … channel of mortality selection. However, we observe a slight decline in the sex ratio among children born to black mothers …

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Adverse childhood circumstances and cognitive function in middle- aged and older Chinese adults : lower level or faster decline?

Lin, Zhuoer; Chen, Xi - 2021

We examine the long-term relationship between childhood circumstances and cognitive aging. In particular, we differentiate the level of cognitive deficit from the rate of cognitive decline. Applying a linear mixed-effect model to three waves of China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Surveys...

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Childhood circumstances and health inequality in old age : comparative evidence from China and the United States

Chen, Xi; Yan, Binjian; Gill, Thomas M. - 2020

This paper estimates the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and evaluates the importance of major domains of childhood circumstances to health inequalities in the USA and China. We link two waves of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal...

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Prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes in China

Zhang, Xin; Wang, Yixuan; Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xun - 2020

This paper is one of the first to examine the associations between prenatal sunshine exposure and birth outcomes, specifically the incidence of low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA), based on a nationally representative birth record dataset in China. During the sample period...

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Early life environments and frailty in old age among Chinese older adults

Li, Yaxi; Xue, Qian-Li; Odden, Michelle C.; Chen, Xi; … - 2020

, evidence from low- and middle- income countries is scarce. In this study, we examined the association of early life risk …

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Childhood circumstances and health of American and Chinese older adults : a machine learning evaluation of inequality of opportunity in health

Huo, Shutong; Feng, Derek; Gill, Thomas M.; Chen, Xi - 2024

Childhood circumstances may impact senior health, prompting this study to introduce novel machine learning methods to assess their individual and collective contributions to health inequality in old age. Using the US Health and Retirement Study (HRS) and the China Health and Retirement...

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Early life exposure to the Great Chinese Famine (1959–1961) and the health of older adults in China : a meta-analysis (2008–2023)

Shen, Chi; Chen, Xi - 2024

There is mounting evidence indicating that the aging process initiates during early life stages, with in utero the individual's environment playing a significant role. Consequently, it is crucial to comprehend the enduring effects of early life circumstances on health in old age. In this study,...

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Early life circumstances and the health of older adults : a research note

Chen, Xi - 2022

This paper reviews the latest evidence of the effects of early life circumstances on old-age health, distinguishing in utero exposures from childhood exposures to a wide range of environments. We then leverage the growing number of studies of the impact of the Great Chinese Famine (1959-1961) on...

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