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Did parental care in early life affect height? Evidence from rural Spain (19th-20th centuries)
Social Science & Medicine ( IF 5.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-09-10 , DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.114394
Francisco J Marco-Gracia 1 , Ángel Luis González-Esteban 2
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This article examines the relationship between childhood mortality experienced within families and the height of surviving male children. Sibling mortality, controlled by different socioeconomic and environmental variables, is used as an approximation of the hygienic and epidemiological context and practices within the family. The analysis is based on a sample of 2783 individuals born between 1835 and 1977 in 14 villages in north-eastern Spain. The mortality data were obtained from the parish archives of the reference villages, and the height data from military service records of conscriptions at 21 years of age. The data were linked according to nominative criteria using family reconstitution methods. The results suggest the existence of a strong negative relationship between height and the childhood mortality experienced within families. Children born in families in which 50% of the children died before the age of five were up to 2.3 cm shorter than those of families with childhood mortality of less than 25%. General socioeconomic, hygienic and health improvements reduced childhood mortality, causing this link to gradually disappear between the 1940s and 1970s.



中文翻译:

早年父母的照顾会影响身高吗?来自西班牙乡村的证据(19-20 世纪)

本文研究了家庭中经历的儿童期死亡率与幸存男孩身高之间的关系。受不同社会经济和环境变量控制的兄弟姐妹死亡率被用作家庭内卫生和流行病学背景和做法的近似值。该分析基于西班牙东北部 14 个村庄中出生于 1835 年至 1977 年的 2783 人的样本。死亡率数据来自参考村庄的教区档案,身高数据来自 21 岁征兵的兵役记录。使用家庭重建方法根据命名标准将数据联系起来。结果表明,身高与家庭内经历的儿童死亡率之间存在强烈的负相关关系。在 50% 的儿童在 5 岁之前死亡的家庭中出生的儿童比儿童死亡率低于 25% 的家庭出生的儿童矮 2.3 厘米。社会经济、卫生和健康的总体改善降低了儿童死亡率,导致这种联系在 1940 年代和 1970 年代之间逐渐消失。

更新日期:2021-09-14
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