Weather and child health in rural Nigeria

Abstract: The effect of weather shocks on children’s anthropometrics is investigated using the two most recent rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). For this purpose, climate data for each DHS cluster are interpolated using dailyweather station records fromthe nationalnetwork.Thefindings reveal that rainfall shocks have a statistically significant and robust impact on child health in the short-run for both weight-for-height and height-for-age, and the incidence of diarrhoea. The impacts of weather shocks on health are of considerable magnitude; however, children seem to catch-up with their cohort rapidly after experiencing a shock. Finally, it appears that the impact of these shocks is the same for young boys and girls, which suggests that there is no gender-based discrimination in the allocation of resources within households.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Jacoby, Hanan G., Rabassa, Mariano, Skoufias, Emmanuel
Format:	Artículo biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Oxford University Press. Centre for the Study of African Economies 2014
Subjects:	CAMBIO CLIMATICO, NIÑOS, SALUD, CLIMA, LLUVIA, ZONAS RURALES,
Online Access:	https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/9150 https://doi.org/10.1093/jae/eju005
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