Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children

Data from three rounds of nationally representative health surveys in India are used to assess the impact of selective mortality on children s anthropometrics. The nutritional status of the child population was simulated under the counterfactual sc...

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Main Authors: Alderman, Harold, Lokshin, Michael, Radyakin, Sergiy
Format: Policy Research Working Paper
Language:English
Published: 2012
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spelling okr-10986-36132021-04-23T14:02:11Z Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children Alderman, Harold Lokshin, Michael Radyakin, Sergiy ADEQUATE NUTRITION ADULT HEALTH ADULT MORTALITY ALGORITHM ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES ANTIBIOTICS BIRTH SPACING BIRTH WEIGHTS BOTH SEXES BULLETIN CHILD BIRTH CHILD DEATHS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD GROWTH CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD MORTALITY RATE CHILD NUTRITION CHILD SURVIVAL CHILD SURVIVAL INTERVENTIONS CULTURAL CHANGE DEATHS OF CHILDREN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT POLICY EARLY CHILDHOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATED MOTHERS EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ELDERLY EPIDEMIOLOGY FAMILIES FAMILY HEALTH FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYS FERTILITY GENDER DIFFERENCES GENDER GAP GESTATIONAL AGE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES HEALTH OUTCOMES HOUSEHOLD ASSETS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN GROWTH HUMAN WELFARE IMMUNIZATIONS INFANT INFANT MORTALITY INFANTS JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LABOR MARKET LESS EDUCATED MOTHERS LIVING CONDITIONS LOW BIRTH WEIGHT MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MARRIED WOMEN MATERNAL MORTALITY MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY RATE MORTALITY RATES MORTALITY RISK MOTHER NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY NEONATAL MORTALITY NEONATAL PERIOD NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OBSTETRICS ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY PEDIATRICS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY IMPLICATIONS POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POPULATION GROUPS PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION PRODUCTIVITY PROGRESS PUBLIC SERVICES RURAL AREAS SEX SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER STUNTING UNDERNUTRITION UNDERWEIGHT RATES UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN POPULATION WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG CHILDREN Data from three rounds of nationally representative health surveys in India are used to assess the impact of selective mortality on children s anthropometrics. The nutritional status of the child population was simulated under the counterfactual scenario that all children who died in the first three years of life were alive at the time of measurement. The simulations demonstrate that the difference in anthropometrics due to selective mortality would be large only if there were very large differences in anthropometrics between the children who died and those who survived. Differences of this size are not substantiated by the research on the degree of association between mortality and malnutrition. The study shows that although mortality risk is higher among malnourished children, selective mortality has only a minor impact on the measured nutritional status of children or on that status distinguished by gender. 2012-03-19T18:05:33Z 2012-03-19T18:05:33Z 2011-10-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111018090740 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3613 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5846 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research The World Region The World Region
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topic ADEQUATE NUTRITION
ADULT HEALTH
ADULT MORTALITY
ALGORITHM
ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES
ANTIBIOTICS
BIRTH SPACING
BIRTH WEIGHTS
BOTH SEXES
BULLETIN
CHILD BIRTH
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD GROWTH
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILD SURVIVAL INTERVENTIONS
CULTURAL CHANGE
DEATHS OF CHILDREN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELDERLY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYS
FERTILITY
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER GAP
GESTATIONAL AGE
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN GROWTH
HUMAN WELFARE
IMMUNIZATIONS
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANTS
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
LABOR MARKET
LESS EDUCATED MOTHERS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MALNUTRITION
MARRIED WOMEN
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MORTALITY RATES
MORTALITY RISK
MOTHER
NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEONATAL PERIOD
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OBSTETRICS
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
PEDIATRICS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION GROUPS
PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RURAL AREAS
SEX
SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER
STUNTING
UNDERNUTRITION
UNDERWEIGHT RATES
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN POPULATION
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
spellingShingle ADEQUATE NUTRITION
ADULT HEALTH
ADULT MORTALITY
ALGORITHM
ANTHROPOMETRIC MEASURES
ANTIBIOTICS
BIRTH SPACING
BIRTH WEIGHTS
BOTH SEXES
BULLETIN
CHILD BIRTH
CHILD DEATHS
CHILD DEVELOPMENT
CHILD GROWTH
CHILD HEALTH
CHILD MORTALITY
CHILD MORTALITY RATE
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD SURVIVAL
CHILD SURVIVAL INTERVENTIONS
CULTURAL CHANGE
DEATHS OF CHILDREN
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
EARLY CHILDHOOD
EARLY CHILDHOOD MORTALITY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC GROWTH
EDUCATED MOTHERS
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
ELDERLY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
FAMILIES
FAMILY HEALTH
FAMILY HEALTH SURVEYS
FERTILITY
GENDER DIFFERENCES
GENDER GAP
GESTATIONAL AGE
GIRLS
HEALTH CARE
HEALTH CONSEQUENCES
HEALTH OUTCOMES
HOUSEHOLD ASSETS
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
HOUSEHOLD SIZE
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
HUMAN GROWTH
HUMAN WELFARE
IMMUNIZATIONS
INFANT
INFANT MORTALITY
INFANTS
JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
LABOR MARKET
LESS EDUCATED MOTHERS
LIVING CONDITIONS
LOW BIRTH WEIGHT
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MALNUTRITION
MARRIED WOMEN
MATERNAL MORTALITY
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL
MORBIDITY
MORTALITY
MORTALITY RATE
MORTALITY RATES
MORTALITY RISK
MOTHER
NATIONAL FAMILY HEALTH SURVEY
NEONATAL MORTALITY
NEONATAL PERIOD
NUTRITION
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
OBSTETRICS
ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY
PEDIATRICS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
POLICY IMPLICATIONS
POLICY RESEARCH
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
POPULATION GROUPS
PREVALENCE OF MALNUTRITION
PRODUCTIVITY
PROGRESS
PUBLIC SERVICES
RURAL AREAS
SEX
SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER
STUNTING
UNDERNUTRITION
UNDERWEIGHT RATES
UNEMPLOYMENT
URBAN POPULATION
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
YOUNG CHILDREN
Alderman, Harold
Lokshin, Michael
Radyakin, Sergiy
Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children
geographic_facet The World Region
The World Region
relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5846
description Data from three rounds of nationally representative health surveys in India are used to assess the impact of selective mortality on children s anthropometrics. The nutritional status of the child population was simulated under the counterfactual scenario that all children who died in the first three years of life were alive at the time of measurement. The simulations demonstrate that the difference in anthropometrics due to selective mortality would be large only if there were very large differences in anthropometrics between the children who died and those who survived. Differences of this size are not substantiated by the research on the degree of association between mortality and malnutrition. The study shows that although mortality risk is higher among malnourished children, selective mortality has only a minor impact on the measured nutritional status of children or on that status distinguished by gender.
format Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author Alderman, Harold
Lokshin, Michael
Radyakin, Sergiy
author_facet Alderman, Harold
Lokshin, Michael
Radyakin, Sergiy
author_sort Alderman, Harold
title Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children
title_short Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children
title_full Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children
title_fullStr Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children
title_full_unstemmed Tall Claims : Mortality Selection and the Height of Children
title_sort tall claims : mortality selection and the height of children
publishDate 2012
url http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20111018090740
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