The intergenerational transmission of health in early childhood-Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study
The intergenerational transmission of health in early childhood-Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ehb.2011.03.002
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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2.5
通讯作者：
Spiess, C. Katharina
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作者：
Coneus, Katja;Spiess, C. Katharina
越来越多的研究表明，儿童的身体健康问题对以后的各种生活结果有明显而持久的影响。此外，肥胖、运动障碍和慢性病等问题带来了高昂的社会成本，特别是当儿童健康问题延续到成年时。这项研究基于德国社会经济小组(SOEP)的数据，特别是最近推出的母亲和儿童问卷，研究了父母和儿童健康之间的代际关系。使用各种健康测量方法，包括人体测量方法、有关健康障碍的信息和“自我评估”的健康方法，我们发现父母和孩子在生命的头三年里的健康之间存在着显著的关系。总体而言，我们的结果表明，当控制父母的收入、教育和家庭结构时，健康状况不佳的父母更有可能生出健康状况不佳的孩子。然而，健康指标和年龄组之间存在显著差异。对于一些健康指标，我们的结果表明，随着年龄的增长，健康梯度越来越大。(C)2011爱思唯尔B.V.保留所有权利。
Children's physical health problems have clear and lasting impacts on a variety of later life outcomes, as a growing body of research has shown. Furthermore, problems such as obesity, motor impairment, and chronic diseases entail high social costs, particularly when childhood health problems carry over into adulthood. This study examines intergenerational relationships between parent and child health based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), in particular the recently introduced Mother and Child Questionnaires. Using various health measures, including anthropometric measures, information on health disorders, and "self-rated" health measures, we find significant relationships between parental and child health during the first three years of life. Overall, our results suggest that when controlling for parental income, education, and family composition, parents with poor health are more likely to have children with poor health. However, there are significant differences between health measures and age groups. For some health measures, our results suggest an increasing health gradient by age. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.