Inferring the economic standard of living and health from cohort height: Evidence from modern populations in developing countries

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 19, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-128

  Akachi, Yoko ^a   Canning, David ^b  

^a UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic development; Height; Inference; Standard of living

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BENIN; BODY HEIGHT; BOLIVIA; BURKINA FASO; CALORIC INTAKE; CAMBODIA; CAMEROON; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLOMBIA; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; COTE D'IVOIRE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GHANA; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GUINEA; HAITI; HONDURAS; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; JORDAN; KENYA; LESOTHO; LIBERIA; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALI; MOROCCO; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NEPAL; NICARAGUA; NIGER; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; PERU; PROTEIN INTAKE; RWANDA; SENEGAL; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOCIAL STATUS; SWAZILAND; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947921347     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2015.08.005     Document Type: Article

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