seems to affect fetal growth, because infants born to mothers exposed to earth tremors in early and/or mid gestation are … more likely to be large for gestational age. The estimates suggest that relatively poorer Chilean mothers are more … evidence that suggests a possible mechanism that explains the varying results across socioeconomic status. Mothers with …

the following growth indicators of children born to adolescent mothers (age 19 years or below) with those born to older … regression-based estimates, children born to adolescent mothers were 0.01m (95% CI: -0.02, -0.01; p<0.01) shorter and weighed 0 ….2kg (-0.32, -0.07; p<0.01) less than children of older mothers at age 0-5 years. At age 6-12 years, those born to …

year. If this trend continues, it may have detrimental effects on children's mental development, and far-reaching negative … effects for wider society. Examining whether there is some relationship between divorce, unemployment, poverty, inflation … growth have significant relationships with reported child abuse cases in the long run. However, divorce and poverty do not …

This paper analyzes child poverty in Bangladesh and China during periods of rapid economic growth in both countries. It … compares the extent as well as profile of child poverty in both countries. Comparisons on the extent of child poverty, over … time and across countries, are made using a decomposition framework attributing child poverty differences to differences in …