Parental income and child health in Germany.

Autor/inn/en	Reinhold, Steffen; Jürges, Hendrik
Institution	Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging
Titel	Parental income and child health in Germany. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Elterliches Einkommen und Gesundheit von Kindern in Deutschland.
Quelle	Mannheim (2009), 35 S. PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Reihe	MEA Discussion Papers. 175
Beigaben	grafische Darstellungen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Monographie; Graue Literatur
Schlagwörter	Bildungschance; Demografischer Faktor; Sozialer Faktor; Soziale Herkunft; Eltern; Kind; Bildungsabschluss; Krankheit; Kindererziehung; Gesundheit; Gesundheitsgefährdung; Gesundheitszustand; Sozialmedizin; Determinante; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Einkommen; Einkommenshöhe; Familieneinkommen; Privathaushalt; Internationaler Vergleich; Arbeitspapier; Bevölkerung; Jugendlicher; Deutschland; Großbritannien; USA
Abstract	"We use newly available data from Germany to study the relationship between parental income and child health. We find a strong gradient between parental income and subjective child health as has been documented earlier in the US, Canada and the UK. The relationship in Germany is about as strong in the US and stronger than in the UK. However, in contrast to US results, we do not find that the disadvantages associated with low parental income accumulate as the child ages, nor that children from low socioeconomic background are more likely to suffer from 'objectively measured' health problems - except for obesity. There is some evidence, however, that high income children are better able to cope with the adverse consequences of chronic conditions. Finally, we do not find that child health (except for low birth weight) plays a major role in the explanation of educational attainment once parental income and education are controlled for." (author's abstract).
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2009/4