Mothers and others: who invests in children’s health?

We estimate the impact of family structure on investments made in children’s health, using data from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey Child Health Supplement. Controlling for household size, income and characteristics, we find that children living with step-mothers are significantly less li...

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Published in:Journal of health economics 2001-05, Vol.20 (3), p.301-328
Main Authors: Case, Anne, Paxson, Christina
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Child
Child health
Child Health Services - utilization
Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data
Child, Preschool
Children
Children & youth
Childrens health
Children’s health investments
Decision Making
Family Characteristics
Family Health
Family structure
Father-Child Relations
Female
Health
Health administration
Health care expenditures
Health Care Surveys
Humans
Infant
Interviews
Investment
Male
Maternal Deprivation
Medical care
Mother-Child Relations
Mothers
Parenting - psychology
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology
Preventive Health Services - utilization
Socioeconomic Factors
Socioeconomic status
Statistical analysis
Step-parents
Stepfamilies
Stepparents
Studies
Surveys
U.S.A
United States
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Summary:We estimate the impact of family structure on investments made in children’s health, using data from the 1988 National Health Interview Survey Child Health Supplement. Controlling for household size, income and characteristics, we find that children living with step-mothers are significantly less likely to have routine doctor and dentist visits, or to have a place for usual medical care, or for sick care. Who invests in children’s health? It appears these investments are made, largely, by a child’s mother, and that step-mothers are not substitutes for birth-mothers in this domain.
ISSN:0167-6296
1879-1646
DOI:10.1016/S0167-6296(00)00088-6