The intergenerational transmission of health in early childhood - Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 89-97

  Coneus, Katja ^a   Spiess, C Katharina ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Child health; Early childhood; Intergenerational transmission; Parental health

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; FAMILY HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MODELS, ECONOMETRIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84855256225     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2011.03.002     Document Type: Article

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