Bredenkamp, Caryn2012-05-292012-05-292008-04https://hdl.handle.net/10986/6514This paper examines the determinants of child nutritional status in seven provinces of China during the 1990s, focusing specifically on the role of two areas of public policy, namely health system reforms and the one child policy. The empirical relationship between income and nutritional status, and the extent to which that relationship is mediated by access to quality healthcare and being an only-child, is investigated using ordinary least squares, random effects, fixed effects, and instrumental variables models. In the preferred model - a fixed effects model where income is instrumented - the author find that being an only-child increases height-for-age z-scores by 0.119 of a standard deviation. The magnitude of this effect is found to be largely gender and income neutral. By contrast, access to quality healthcare and income is not found to be significantly associated with improved nutritional status in the preferred model. Data are drawn from four waves of the China Health and Nutrition Survey.CC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICESACCESSIBILITYANTENATAL CAREBICYCLESBIRTH CONTROLBREASTFEEDINGBULLETINCHILD CARECHILD HEALTHCHILD NUTRITIONCHILD SURVIVALCHINESE POPULATIONCITIESCOMMON COLDCOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMPETENCIESCONTRACEPTIONCOST OF TRAVELCULTURAL CHANGEDEVELOPING COUNTRIESDISEASE CONTROLECONOMIC GROWTHEDUCATED MOTHERSEDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTEFFECTIVE ACTIONEMPLOYMENTEPIDEMIOLOGYEXPENDITURESFAMILY-PLANNING METHODSFARMLANDFERTILITYFEWER CHILDRENFINANCIAL PENALTIESFOOD POLICYFOOD PRICESFORMAL EDUCATIONGENDER DIFFERENTIALSGENDER DISPARITIESGOVERNMENT POLICIESHEALTH CAREHEALTH CARE SYSTEMHEALTH ECONOMICSHEALTH FACILITIESHEALTH INSURANCEHEALTH POLICYHEALTH REFORMHEALTH SECTORHEALTH SECTOR REFORMHEALTH SERVICESHEALTH SPECIALISTHEALTH STATUSHEALTH SYSTEMHEALTH SYSTEM FINANCINGHEALTH SYSTEM REFORMHEALTH-CARE SYSTEMHEALTHCARE PROVIDERSHOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTIONHOUSEHOLD HEADHOUSEHOLD INCOMEHOUSEHOLD SIZEHUMAN DEVELOPMENTHUMAN RESOURCESILLNESSIMMUNIZATIONIMMUNIZATIONSINCOME GROWTHINFANTSINFLUENZAINTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTEJOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGYLABOR SUPPLYLIVESTOCK OWNERSHIPMALNUTRITIONMALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDRENMATERNAL CAREMEDICINESMOTHERNATIONAL LEVELNEIGHBORHOODSNUMBER OF ADULTSNUMBER OF CHILDRENNUTRITIONNUTRITION INTERVENTIONSNUTRITIONAL STATUSOBSTETRIC CAREPEDIATRICSPOLICY CHANGEPOLICY IMPLICATIONSPOLICY RESEARCHPOLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERPOLITICAL ECONOMYPOORPOPULATION AND DEVELOPMENTPOPULATION DENSITYPOPULATION GROWTHPOPULATION POLICYPOSTNATAL CAREPREGNANCIESPREGNANT WOMENPRIMARY SCHOOLPROGRESSPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC HEALTH SERVICESPUBLIC PERCEPTIONSPUBLIC POLICYPUNITIVE MEASURESQUALITY CAREQUALITY OF CAREQUALITY OF HEALTHQUALITY OF SERVICESRESPECTRURALSAVINGSSERVICE PROVISIONSEXSIBLINGSSOCIAL SCIENCESOCIOECONOMIC FACTORSSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSTRANSPORTTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURETRAVEL COSTSTRAVEL TIMETRAVEL TIMESTRUEURBAN AREASURBAN POPULATIONUSER FEESWALKINGWORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATIONYOUNG CHILDRENWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-4587