Armed conflict and birth weight: Evidence from the al-Aqsa Intifada

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Mansour, Hani; Rees, Daniel I.
• 署名单位: University of Colorado System; University of Colorado Denver; Leibniz Association; DIW Berlin - Deutsches Institut fur Wirtschaftsforschung
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0304-3878
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.12.005
• 发表日期: 2012
• 页码: 190-199
• 关键词: Birth weight; Prenatal stress; malnutrition; Israeli-Palestinian conflict

摘要

No previous study has estimated the effect of intrauterine exposure to armed conflict on pregnancy outcomes. Drawing on data from the 2004 Palestinian Demographic and Health Survey, which was conducted approximately 4 years after the start of the al-Aqsa Intifada, we find that an additional conflict-related fatality 9-6 months before birth is associated with a modest increase in the probability of having a child who weighed less than 2500 g. There is also evidence, albeit less consistent, of a positive relationship between fatalities in late pregnancy and low birth weight. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.