The growth of poor children in China 1991–2000: why food subsidies may matter

Osberg, Lars; Shao, Jiaping; Xu, Kuan

doi:10.1002/hec.1463

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“…Our results were consistent with earlier studies [21-23,33]. There are two potential explanations for the improvement in the health status of children.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 94%

Income-related children’s health inequality and health achievement in China

Chen

Coyte

2014

Int J Equity Health

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IntroductionThis study assessed income–related health inequality and health achievement in children in China, and additionally, examined province-level variations in health achievement.MethodsLongitudinal data on 19,801 children under 18 years of age were derived from the China Health and Nutrition Survey. Income–related health inequality and health achievement were measured by the Health Concentration and Health Achievement Indices, respectively. Panel data with a fixed effect multiple regression model was employed to examine province-level variations in health achievement.ResultsA growing trend was towards greater health inequality among Chinese children over the last two decades. Although health achievement was getting better over time, the pro-rich inequality component has lessened the associated gain in achievement. Health achievement was positively impacted by middle school enrollments, the urbanization rate, inflation-adjusted per capita gross domestic product, and per capita public health spending.ConclusionThis study has provided evidence that average health status of Chinese children has improved, but inequality has widened. Widening inequality slowed the growth in health achievement for children over time. There were wide variations in health achievement throughout China.

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“…Our results were consistent with earlier studies [21-23,33]. There are two potential explanations for the improvement in the health status of children.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 94%

Income-related children’s health inequality and health achievement in China

Chen

Coyte

2014

Int J Equity Health

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“…and 2000 (Chen, 2000;Osberg et al, 2009). These increases represent an anthropometric confirmation of significant progress in average well-being.…”

Section: Nutritional Status Of Rural Childrenmentioning

confidence: 93%

“…For example, undernutrition in western provinces is acute, and stunting and underweight are three times more prevalent in rural than in urban areas (UNICEF, 2008). Child growth is becoming more sensitive to household income, a consequence of increasing income inequality and the disappearance of subsidized food coupons in the mid-1990s (Osberg et al, 2009). In addition, a significant share of rural children remains malnourished.…”

Section: Nutritional Status Of Rural Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration and young child nutrition: evidence from rural China

Ren

Brauw

2015

J Popul Econ

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“…In addition, they nd that children born in regions after a civil war have 0.623 standard deviations lower haz than children from other regions, which is similar to the results obtained by Bundervoet et al (2009) for children in rural Burundi who were exposed to civil war. Osberg et al (2009) nds that poverty is correlated with slower growth in height-for-age in China and that food coupons signicantly increase height-for-age growth.…”

Section: Previous Findings and Backgroundmentioning

confidence: 96%