Child Health and the 1988-92 Economic Crisis in Peru
The effect of economic crises on child health is a topic of great policy importance. The authors use data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to analyze the impact of the profound 1988-92 economic crisis in Peru on infant mortality and a...
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okr-10986-147782021-04-23T14:03:20Z Child Health and the 1988-92 Economic Crisis in Peru Paxson, Christina Schady, Norbert ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO SERVICES ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS ADULT MORTALITY AGED ALCOHOLISM BIRTH RATE BIRTH RATES BIRTHS CHILD DEATHS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH STATUS CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILDBEARING CHILDHOOD CHOLERA CLINICS DEATH RATE DIARRHEA DIETS DISEASES EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INCOME INCREASE IN MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS LABOR FORCE LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MARITAL STATUS MATERNAL AGE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CONSULTATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHERS NATIONAL HEALTH NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD CHILDREN OLDER CHILDREN OLDER MOTHERS PARENTAL EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SECTOR RADIO RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS STUNTING SUICIDE TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS USE OF HEALTH FACILITIES VACCINATION WASTING WORKERS YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG WOMEN CHILD HEALTH INFANT MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION NUTRITION & HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH MALNUTRITION HEALTH FERTILITY MALNUTRITION ECONOMIC SHOCKS INCOME DECLINE The effect of economic crises on child health is a topic of great policy importance. The authors use data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to analyze the impact of the profound 1988-92 economic crisis in Peru on infant mortality and anthropometrics. They show that there was an increase in the infant mortality rate of about 2.5 percentage points for children born in late 1989 and 1990, implying that about 17,000 more children died than would have in the absence of the crisis. The authors also present suggestive evidence that the crisis affected children's nutritional status. In 1992 children under the age of 6 who had been exposed to the crisis were shorter than same-aged children in 1996 and 2000. The authors do not have data on child height prior to the crisis, but the age profile of changes in nutritional status and the fact that the 1996 and 2000 height-for-age schedules are very similar to each other both suggest that the 1992 values represent declines from previous levels. Accounting for the precise source of the increase in infant mortality and in malnutrition is difficult, but it appears that both the decrease in household incomes and the collapse in expenditures on public health played an important role. 2013-08-02T21:06:36Z 2013-08-02T21:06:36Z 2004-04 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3328524/child-health-1988-92-economic-crisis-peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14778 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No.3260 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, D.C. Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean Peru |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO SERVICES ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS ADULT MORTALITY AGED ALCOHOLISM BIRTH RATE BIRTH RATES BIRTHS CHILD DEATHS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH STATUS CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILDBEARING CHILDHOOD CHOLERA CLINICS DEATH RATE DIARRHEA DIETS DISEASES EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INCOME INCREASE IN MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS LABOR FORCE LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MARITAL STATUS MATERNAL AGE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CONSULTATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHERS NATIONAL HEALTH NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD CHILDREN OLDER CHILDREN OLDER MOTHERS PARENTAL EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SECTOR RADIO RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS STUNTING SUICIDE TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS USE OF HEALTH FACILITIES VACCINATION WASTING WORKERS YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG WOMEN CHILD HEALTH INFANT MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION NUTRITION & HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH MALNUTRITION HEALTH FERTILITY MALNUTRITION ECONOMIC SHOCKS INCOME DECLINE |
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ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO SERVICES ACUTE RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS ADULT MORTALITY AGED ALCOHOLISM BIRTH RATE BIRTH RATES BIRTHS CHILD DEATHS CHILD HEALTH CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES CHILD HEALTH STATUS CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHILDBEARING CHILDHOOD CHOLERA CLINICS DEATH RATE DIARRHEA DIETS DISEASES EMPLOYMENT EXPENDITURES FAMILIES GENDER HEALTH CARE HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH SECTOR HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH WORKERS HOSPITALS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSING INCOME INCREASE IN MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFANT MORTALITY RATES INFANTS INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS LABOR FORCE LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MALARIA MALNUTRITION MARITAL STATUS MATERNAL AGE MEDICAL CARE MEDICAL CONSULTATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MOTHERS NATIONAL HEALTH NUTRITION OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD CHILDREN OLDER CHILDREN OLDER MOTHERS PARENTAL EDUCATION POLICY RESEARCH PREGNANT WOMEN PRENATAL CARE PRIMARY EDUCATION PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH EXPENDITURES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES PUBLIC SECTOR RADIO RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS STUNTING SUICIDE TERTIARY EDUCATION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN AREAS USE OF HEALTH FACILITIES VACCINATION WASTING WORKERS YOUNG CHILDREN YOUNG WOMEN CHILD HEALTH INFANT MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION NUTRITION & HEALTH CARE PUBLIC HEALTH MALNUTRITION HEALTH FERTILITY MALNUTRITION ECONOMIC SHOCKS INCOME DECLINE Paxson, Christina Schady, Norbert Child Health and the 1988-92 Economic Crisis in Peru |
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Latin America & Caribbean Peru |
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Policy Research Working Paper;No.3260 |
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The effect of economic crises on child
health is a topic of great policy importance. The authors
use data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) to
analyze the impact of the profound 1988-92 economic crisis
in Peru on infant mortality and anthropometrics. They show
that there was an increase in the infant mortality rate of
about 2.5 percentage points for children born in late 1989
and 1990, implying that about 17,000 more children died than
would have in the absence of the crisis. The authors also
present suggestive evidence that the crisis affected
children's nutritional status. In 1992 children under
the age of 6 who had been exposed to the crisis were shorter
than same-aged children in 1996 and 2000. The authors do
not have data on child height prior to the crisis, but the
age profile of changes in nutritional status and the fact
that the 1996 and 2000 height-for-age schedules are very
similar to each other both suggest that the 1992 values
represent declines from previous levels. Accounting for the
precise source of the increase in infant mortality and in
malnutrition is difficult, but it appears that both the
decrease in household incomes and the collapse in
expenditures on public health played an important role. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Paxson, Christina Schady, Norbert |
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Paxson, Christina Schady, Norbert |
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Paxson, Christina |
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Child Health and the 1988-92 Economic Crisis in Peru |
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Child Health and the 1988-92 Economic Crisis in Peru |
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Child Health and the 1988-92 Economic Crisis in Peru |
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Child Health and the 1988-92 Economic Crisis in Peru |
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Child Health and the 1988-92 Economic Crisis in Peru |
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child health and the 1988-92 economic crisis in peru |
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World Bank, Washington, D.C. |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/04/3328524/child-health-1988-92-economic-crisis-peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14778 |
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