Weather and child health in rural Nigeria
Abstract: The effect of weather shocks on children’s anthropometrics is investigated using the two most recent rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). For this purpose, climate data for each DHS cluster are interpolated using dailyweather station records fromthe nationalnetwork.Thefindings reveal that rainfall shocks have a statistically significant and robust impact on child health in the short-run for both weight-for-height and height-for-age, and the incidence of diarrhoea. The impacts of weather shocks on health are of considerable magnitude; however, children seem to catch-up with their cohort rapidly after experiencing a shock. Finally, it appears that the impact of these shocks is the same for young boys and girls, which suggests that there is no gender-based discrimination in the allocation of resources within households.
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oai:ucacris:123456789-91502020-06-10T03:39:23Z Weather and child health in rural Nigeria Jacoby, Hanan G. Rabassa, Mariano Skoufias, Emmanuel CAMBIO CLIMATICO NIÑOS SALUD CLIMA LLUVIA ZONAS RURALES Abstract: The effect of weather shocks on children’s anthropometrics is investigated using the two most recent rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). For this purpose, climate data for each DHS cluster are interpolated using dailyweather station records fromthe nationalnetwork.Thefindings reveal that rainfall shocks have a statistically significant and robust impact on child health in the short-run for both weight-for-height and height-for-age, and the incidence of diarrhoea. The impacts of weather shocks on health are of considerable magnitude; however, children seem to catch-up with their cohort rapidly after experiencing a shock. Finally, it appears that the impact of these shocks is the same for young boys and girls, which suggests that there is no gender-based discrimination in the allocation of resources within households. 2019-12-02T13:37:59Z 2019-12-02T13:37:59Z 2014 Artículo Jacoby, H. G. Rabassa, M. Skoufias, E. Weather and child health in rural Nigeria [en línea]. Journal of African Economies. 2014, 23 (4). doi: https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eju005. Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/9150 0963-8024 https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/9150 https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eju005 eng Acceso abierto http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ application/pdf Nigeria Oxford University Press. Centre for the Study of African Economies Journal of African Economies. Vol. 23, No.4, 2014 |
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Abstract: The effect of weather shocks on children’s anthropometrics is investigated
using the two most recent rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health
Survey (DHS). For this purpose, climate data for each DHS cluster are interpolated
using dailyweather station records fromthe nationalnetwork.Thefindings
reveal that rainfall shocks have a statistically significant and robust
impact on child health in the short-run for both weight-for-height and
height-for-age, and the incidence of diarrhoea. The impacts of weather
shocks on health are of considerable magnitude; however, children seem to
catch-up with their cohort rapidly after experiencing a shock. Finally, it
appears that the impact of these shocks is the same for young boys and
girls, which suggests that there is no gender-based discrimination in the allocation
of resources within households. |
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CAMBIO CLIMATICO NIÑOS SALUD CLIMA LLUVIA ZONAS RURALES |
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