Genetic endowments, parental and child health in rural Ethiopia

Kebede, Bereket (2005) Genetic endowments, parental and child health in rural Ethiopia. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 52 (2). pp. 194-221. ISSN 0036-9292

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Abstract

The determinants of long-term child health in Ethiopia – as measured by height-for-age z-scores – are examined controlling for community, household and individual level heterogeneity. The influence of parental health and the role of genetics are analysed. The height of parents is highly significant but no significant correlation with per capita expenditures is found. Food prices, birth order, sex and age of children, number of siblings of the mother, years of marriage and altitude are important determinants. Deprivations in later years are more important than during pre- or neo-natal periods. Genetic inheritance seems to explain the correlations between child and parental health.

Item Type:	Article
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Global Development (formerly School of International Development)
UEA Research Groups:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Impact Evaluation Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Gender and Development Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Behavioural and Experimental Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Experimental Economics (former - to 2017)
Depositing User:	Vishal Gautam
Date Deposited:	01 May 2005
Last Modified:	28 Mar 2025 04:13
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/16502
DOI:	10.1111/j.0036-9292.2005.00341.x

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