Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare

This paper examines the determinants of child nutritional status in China, focusing specifically on those determinants related to health system reform and only-child status. Data are drawn from four waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991-2000). The empirical relationship between nutrit...

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Main Author:	Bredenkamp, C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Body Height Child Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena China Cluster Analysis Female Health Care Reform Health Services Accessibility Health Surveys Humans Income Interviews as Topic Least-Squares Analysis Male Econometric Models Nutrition Surveys Nutritional Status Only Child Public Policy Quality of Health Care
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5062

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spelling	okr-10986-50622021-04-23T14:02:20Z Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare Bredenkamp, C. Body Height Child Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena China Cluster Analysis Female Health Care Reform Health Services Accessibility Health Surveys Humans Income Interviews as Topic Least-Squares Analysis Male Econometric Models Nutrition Surveys Nutritional Status Only Child Public Policy Quality of Health Care This paper examines the determinants of child nutritional status in China, focusing specifically on those determinants related to health system reform and only-child status. Data are drawn from four waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991-2000). The empirical relationship between nutritional status, on the one hand, and income, access to quality healthcare and being an only-child, on the other hand, is investigated using ordinary least squares (OLS), random effects (RE), fixed effects (FE) and instrumental variables (IV) models. In the preferred model - a fixed effects model where income is instrumented - we find that being an only-child increases height-for-age z-scores by 0.12 of a standard deviation. By contrast, measures of access to quality healthcare are not found to be significantly associated with improved nutritional status. 2012-03-30T07:31:05Z 2012-03-30T07:31:05Z 2009 Journal Article Social Science & Medicine 1873-5347 (Electronic) 0277-9536 (Linking) http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5062 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article China
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topic	Body Height Child Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena China Cluster Analysis Female Health Care Reform Health Services Accessibility Health Surveys Humans Income Interviews as Topic Least-Squares Analysis Male Econometric Models Nutrition Surveys Nutritional Status Only Child Public Policy Quality of Health Care
spellingShingle	Body Height Child Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena China Cluster Analysis Female Health Care Reform Health Services Accessibility Health Surveys Humans Income Interviews as Topic Least-Squares Analysis Male Econometric Models Nutrition Surveys Nutritional Status Only Child Public Policy Quality of Health Care Bredenkamp, C. Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare
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description	This paper examines the determinants of child nutritional status in China, focusing specifically on those determinants related to health system reform and only-child status. Data are drawn from four waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey (1991-2000). The empirical relationship between nutritional status, on the one hand, and income, access to quality healthcare and being an only-child, on the other hand, is investigated using ordinary least squares (OLS), random effects (RE), fixed effects (FE) and instrumental variables (IV) models. In the preferred model - a fixed effects model where income is instrumented - we find that being an only-child increases height-for-age z-scores by 0.12 of a standard deviation. By contrast, measures of access to quality healthcare are not found to be significantly associated with improved nutritional status.
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author	Bredenkamp, C.
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title	Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare
title_short	Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare
title_full	Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare
title_fullStr	Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare
title_full_unstemmed	Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare
title_sort	policy-related determinants of child nutritional status in china : the effect of only-child status and access to healthcare
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Policy-Related Determinants of Child Nutritional Status in China : The Effect of Only-Child Status and Access to Healthcare

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