The effects of in utero exposure to the 1918 influenza pandemic on family formation
The effects of in utero exposure to the 1918 influenza pandemic on family formation
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ehb.2018.06.004
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发表时间：
2018-09-01
影响因子：
2.5
通讯作者：
Fletcher, Jason M.
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作者：
Fletcher, Jason M.
越来越多的文献将子宫条件与生命过程结果联系起来，包括教育，收入，成人健康和死亡率。一个较小的文献已经开始研究宫内条件的代际影响。这两个文献之间的联系子宫内条件对家庭形成的影响很少检查，但提供了一套潜在的机制，早期条件的代际影响。本文从1960年美国十年一次的人口普查中得出结论，研究子宫内暴露于1918/19流感大流行的个体是否与邻近的未暴露队列有不同的家庭形成模式。研究结果表明，对男性的结婚率、子女数量和配偶“类型”的几项指标的总体影响很小，但对女性的影响适中。例如，在怀孕的头三个月内受到子宫内辐射的妇女与受教育年限比没有受到辐射的妇女少0.2年的男子结婚。研究结果表明，受辐射者的配偶受教育程度低于未受辐射者，这种影响对妇女尤其大，增加了与受教育程度很低的配偶结婚的可能性。(C)2018爱思唯尔B. V.保留所有权利。
A growing literature ties in utero conditions to life course outcomes, including education, earnings, and adult health and mortality. A smaller literature has begun to examine the intergenerational impacts of in utero conditions. A link between these two literatures-the impacts of in utero conditions on family formation-has had few examinations but offers a potential set of mechanisms for the intergenerational reach of early conditions. This paper draws from the 1960 US Decennial Census to examine whether individuals exposed in utero to the 1918/19 influenza pandemic had different family formation patterns than adjacent unexposed cohorts. The findings suggest small overall effects on marriage rates, number of children, and several measures of "type" of spouse for men, but moderate effects for women. For example, women with in utero exposure during their first trimester marry men with 0.2 fewer years of schooling than those not exposed. The findings show that exposed individuals have spouses with lower schooling than unexposed counterparts, this effect is particularly large for women, and it increases the likelihood of marrying spouses with very low levels of schooling. (C) 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.