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The association between advanced maternal and paternal ages and increased adult mortality is explained by early parental loss
Myrskylä, Mikko; Elo, Irma T.; Kohler, Iliana V.; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 119 (2014) C, pp. 215-223
The association between advanced maternal and paternal ages at birth and increased mortality among adult offspring is often attributed to parental reproductive aging, e.g., declining oocyte or sperm quality. Less attention has been paid to alternative mechanisms, including parental...
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The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Pakpahan, Yus Medina; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … paternal death on childrens school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …
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The Effects of Parental Death and Chronic Poverty on Children’s Education and Health : Evidence from Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Pakpahan, Yus Medina; Suryahadi, Asep - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2009
significant effect of orphanhood on health. However, chronically poor children have worse health and education outcomes. Among … paternal death on childrens school enrollment, educational attainment, and health in Indonesia, then compare them to the effect … young children, the effect of maternal orphanhood on education is significantly more adverse than that of chronic poverty …
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Causes of health inequalities in Uganda: Evidence from the demographic and health surveys
Ssewanyana, Sarah; Kasirye, Ibrahim - Economic Policy Research Centre (EPRC) - 2012
demographic and health surveys undertaken during 1995–2006.The surveys are nationally representative and capture anthropometric … indicators for children aged below 5 years. The study investigated the determinants of health inequalities focusing on child … health status through a combination of decomposition and regression analysis. Our results show that household welfare status …
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Problem of orphanhood in Russia: Analysis of cultural, economic and political aspects
Levina, Irina - In: Applied Econometrics 29 (2013) 1, pp. 3-28
and political factors on the acuity of orphanhood problem in Russian regions. The impact of economic factors on the acuity … of orphanhood problem in Russia is ambiguous. …
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Stillbirth incidence in Spain: A comparison of native and recent immigrant mothers
Fuster, Vicente; Zuluaga, Pilar; Román-Busto, Jorge - In: Demographic Research 31 (2014) 29, pp. 889-912
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Paradox Revisited: A Further Investigation of Racial/Ethnic Differences in Infant Mortality by Maternal Age
Powers, Daniel - In: Demography 50 (2013) 2, pp. 495-520
I reexamine the epidemiological paradox of lower overall infant mortality rates in the Mexican-origin population relative to U.S.-born non-Hispanic whites using the 1995–2002 U.S. NCHS linked cohort birth-infant death files. A comparison of infant mortality rates among U.S.-born non-Hispanic...
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Investigating the Life Situations and Development of Teenage Mothers’ Children: Evidence from the ECLS-B
Mollborn, Stefanie; Dennis, Jeff - In: Population Research and Policy Review 31 (2012) 1, pp. 31-66
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Is Young Maternal Age a Risk Factor for Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Anemia in India? An Examination in Urban and Rural Areas
Kavitha, N. - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2010
The present research work aims to study the effect of young maternal age on the prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases (STD) and anemia using NFHS-3 data. The bi-variate analysis showed that women who had their first birth during adolescence reported higher prevalence of STDs and anemia...
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Economic Implications of China's Demographics in the 21st Century
Cheng, Kevin C. - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2003
This study assesses the economic implications of China's changing population in the 21st century using a numerical general equilibrium model. The simulations show that lower fertility rates yield lower saving rates. Since lower fertility rates reduce the future supply of labor, capital will...
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