Familial and socioeconomic influences on children's well-being: An examination of preschool children in Kenya
Familial and socioeconomic influences on children's well-being: An examination of preschool children in Kenya
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DOI：
10.1016/s0277-9536(97)00113-5
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发表时间：
1997-12-01
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5.4
通讯作者：
Gage, AJ
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作者：
Gage, AJ
随着家庭形成模式的改变，了解父母的婚姻和社会经济环境如何影响孩子的生活是很重要的。利用1993年肯尼亚人口与健康调查的数据，这项研究表明，与一夫一妻制的已婚母亲相比，从未结婚和曾经结婚的母亲的孩子患小儿麻痹症辍学和严重营养不良的可能性要高得多。处于工作年龄的男性家庭成员的数目大大提高了母亲曾结过婚的儿童获得全面免疫的机会和营养状况。对于未婚母亲的孩子来说，与工作年龄男性居住的好处在很大程度上是种族的作用。研究结果还表明，虽然当父亲有多个妻子时，孩子在营养方面不会处于不利地位，但与一夫一妻制相比，一夫多妻制与小儿麻痹症辍学率更高、完全免疫的可能性更低有关。较高的社会经济地位与更大的全面免疫可能性和更低的营养不良可能性有关，但社会经济因素并不能解释母亲婚姻状况的影响。研究结果强调了家庭互动的复杂现实，以及更广泛的社会背景在解释不同婚姻状况下儿童福利变化方面的重要性。1997爱思唯尔科学有限公司版权所有。
As patterns of family formation change, it is important to know how children's lives are affected by their parents' marital and socioeconomic circumstances. Using data from the 1993 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey, this study shows that children of never married and formerly married mothers have significantly higher probabilities of polio dropout and acute undernutrition than those of monogamously married mothers. The number of male household members of working age greatly enhances the chances of full immunization and the nutritional status of children whose mothers were previously married. For children of never married mothers, the benefits of residing with males of working age are largely a function of ethnicity. The results also show that, although children are not disadvantaged nutritionally when their fathers have more than one wife, polygyny is associated with a higher probability of polio dropout and lower probability of full immunization than monogamy. Higher socioeconomic status is associated with a greater probability of full immunization and a lower probability of malnutrition but socioeconomic factors do not explain the effects of mothers' marital status. The findings underscore the complex realities of family interaction and the importance of the broader social context in accounting for variations in child welfare across diverse marital situations. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.