Armed conflict and birth weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada

被引:153
作者
Mansour, Hani [1 ,2 ]
Rees, Daniel I. [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Colorado, Dept Econ, Denver, CO 80217 USA
[2] DIW Berlin, Berlin, Germany
关键词
Birth weight; Prenatal stress; Malnutrition; Israeli-Palestinian conflict; MATERNAL NUTRITION; DEVELOPING-COUNTRIES; INFANT-MORTALITY; STRESS-DISORDER; PRENATAL-CARE; OUTCOMES; PREGNANCY; EXPOSURE; VIOLENCE; GROWTH;
D O I
10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.12.005
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
No previous study has estimated the effect of intrauterine exposure to armed conflict on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, which was conducted approximately 4 years after the start of the al-Aqsa Intifada, we find that an additional conflict-related fatality 9-6 months before birth is associated with a modest increase in the probability of having a child who weighed less than 2500 g. There is also evidence, albeit less consistent, of a positive relationship between fatalities in late pregnancy and low birth weight. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:190 / 199
页数:10
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