Does Raising Family Income Cause Better Child Health? Evidence from China

2017 ◽  
Vol 65 (3) ◽  
pp. 495-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Chen ◽  
Xiaoyan Lei ◽  
Li-An Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Family Income

A Profile of the Population Enrolled in New York State's Child Health Plus

PEDIATRICS ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 105 (Supplement_E1) ◽  
pp. 706-710 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jane L. Holl ◽  
Andrew W. Dick ◽  
Laura Pollard Shone ◽  
Lance E. Rodewald ◽  
Jack Zwanziger ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Parental Education ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Participation Rate ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Participation Rates ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Child Health Plus

Background. The recently enacted State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), designed to provide affordable health insurance for uninsured children, was modeled in part on New York State's Child Health Plus (CHPlus), which was implemented in 1991. All SCHIP programs involve voluntary enrollment of eligible children. Little is known about characteristics of children who enroll in these programs. Objectives. To provide a profile of children enrolled in CHPlus between 1993 and 1994 in the 6-county upstate New York study area, and to estimate the participation rate in CHPlus. Methods. A parent interview was conducted to obtain information about children, 0 to 6.9 years old, who enrolled in CHPlus in the study area. Two school-based surveys and the Current Population Survey were used to estimate health insurance coverage. Enrollment data from New York State's Department of Health, together with estimates of the uninsured, were used to estimate participation rates in CHPlus. Results. Most children enrolled in CHPlus in the study area were white. Although 17% of all children in the study area who were <13 years old and living in families with incomes below 160% of the federal poverty level were black, only 9% of CHPlus-enrolled children were black. Twenty-one percent of enrolled children were uninsured during the entire year before enrollment and 61% of children had a gap in coverage lasting >1 month. Children were generally healthy; only 4% had fair or poor health. Eighty-eight percent of parents of enrolled children had completed high school or a higher level of education. Parents reported that loss of a job was the main reason for loss of prior health insurance for their child. Most families learned about CHPlus from a friend (30%) or from their doctor (26%). The uninsured rate among children in the study area was approximately 4.1%. By 1993, the participation rate in CHPlus was about 36%. Conclusion. Blacks were underrepresented in CHPlus. Because the underlying uninsured rate was relatively low and parental education and family income were relatively high, the effects of CHPlus observed in this evaluation may be conservative in comparison to the potential effects of CHPlus for other populations of children. Participation rates during the early years of the program were modest.

The child health/family income gradient: Evidence from England

2007 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 213-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Currie ◽  
Michael A. Shields ◽  
Stephen Wheatley Price
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Income Gradient

Socioeconomic status and child health: what is the role of health care, health conditions, injuries and maternal health?

2012 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-242 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sara Allin ◽  
Mark Stabile
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Maternal Health ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Health Care Services ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Health Care Use ◽  
Health Conditions ◽  
And Child Health

AbstractThere is a persistent relationship between socioeconomic status and health that appears to have its roots in childhood. Not only do children in families with lower income and with mothers with lower levels of education have worse health on average than those with greater socioeconomic advantage, but also the gradient appears to steepen with age. This study contributes to the literature on the relationship between socioeconomic status and child health by testing the hypothesis that the increasing effect of family income on children's health with age relates to the children's use of health care services. It also investigates the role of specific health conditions, injuries or maternal health in explaining the steepening gradient. Drawing on a nationally representative survey from Canada, the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth from the period 1994/95–2008/09, this study provides further evidence of a steepening socioeconomic gradient in child health with age. It finds that accounting for health care use does not explain the steepening gradient and that the protective effect of income appears to be greater for those who had contact with the health system, in particular with regard to physician care and prescription drug use.

Family income and child health in China

2014 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 152-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alison Goode ◽  
Kostas Mavromaras ◽  
Rong zhu
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Family Income ◽  
And Child Health

The Effects of Family Income and Parents’ Educational Status on Child Health Status: Examining the Mediation Effects of Material Deprivation and Parents’ Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 0192513X2110307
Author(s):  
Yichao Wu ◽  
Di Qi
Keyword(s):  
Child Health ◽  
Family Income ◽  
Educational Status ◽  
Living Conditions ◽  
Chinese Family ◽  
Secondary Importance ◽  
Mediation Effects ◽  
Child Health Outcome ◽  
Child Health Status ◽  
Parents Education

Using the Chinese Family Panel Studies database in the wave of 2012, 2014, and 2016 with a sample of 25,663 children from 0 to 15 years old, this article examines the direct and indirect effects of family income and parents’ educational status on child health outcome. Two mediators include material living conditions and parents’ health. The results show that material living conditions and parents’ health have the greatest influences on children’s health, and parents’ education and family income are the secondary importance. Parents’ education has significant effects on child health through parents’ health and living conditions.

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