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Title: Effects of Long-Term Poverty on Physical Health of Children in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
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Korenman, Sanders D. Miller, Jane E. |
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Effects of Long-Term Poverty on Physical Health of Children in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth In: Consequences of Growing Up Poor. G.J. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn, eds. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997: pp. 70-99 Cohort(s): Children of the NLSY79, NLSY79 Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation Keyword(s): Birthweight; Body Mass Index (BMI); Child Health; Family Structure; Height, Height-Weight Ratios; Income; Motor and Social Development (MSD); Nutritional Status/Nutrition/Consumption Behaviors; Obesity; Poverty; Siblings; Weight In this chapter, we use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY), 1979-91, that provide background information on socioeconomic characteristics and annual data on income and family structure for a nationally representative sample of women selected in 1979. In combination with assessments of the health and development of the children born to this cohort of women, these data provide and excellent opportunity to investigate the effect of poverty dynamics on children's physical health and development in the United States (for example, Chase-Landsdale et al. 1991). We investigate the relations between income and timing or duration of poverty on the one hand and indicators of nutritional status and motor and social development (MSD) on the other. (The MSD index provides a measure of how a child's physical, language, and motor skills compare to standards for children of the same age.) Better estimates of the relationships between poverty history and child health may aid n the formulation of health and social policies. For example, identifying ages at which children are most vulnerable to the effects of poverty may allow resources to be targeted effectively, as demonstrated by the age range of children, youth, and young adults studied in this volume (Children's Defense Fund 1994). p. 71 |
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Korenman, Sanders D. and Jane E. Miller. "Effects of Long-Term Poverty on Physical Health of Children in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth" In: Consequences of Growing Up Poor. G.J. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn, eds. New York, NY: Russell Sage Foundation, 1997: pp. 70-99
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