tailieunhanh - The Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Health and Investments in Rural India

Natural disasters are becoming more frequent worldwide and there is growing concern that they may adversely affect short- and long-term health outcomes in developing countries. Prior research has primarily focused on the impact of single, large disaster events but very little is known about how small to moderate disasters, which are | WORKING P A P E R The Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Health and Investments in Rural India ASHLESHA DATAR JENNY LIU SEBASTIAN LINNeMaYR and chad STECHER WR-886 May 2011 This paper series made possible by the NIA funded RAND Center for the Study of Aging P30AG012815 and the NICHD funded RAND Population Research Center r24HD050906 . This product is part of the RAND Labor and Population working paper series. RAND working papers are intended to share researchers latest findings and to solicit informal peer review. They have been approved for circulation by RAND Labor and Population but have not been formally edited or peer reviewed. Unless otherwise indicated working papers can be quoted and cited without permission of the author provided the source is clearly referred to as a working paper. RAND s publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. RAND is a registered trademark. LABOR AND POPULATION The Impact of Natural Disasters on Child Health and Investments in Rural India Ạ 0 ta 1 ZÙ0 ta Q I T df Q ra Tở Fl Fl X r T ìllb ớhdctỉ dtt T 1 Fl Fl 4ÙFF1 n X T-fb í Ti Q c 4-z Ti ôt c ASIllcSIlaDatal jenny Liu Seuastiail Lilllieniayi CUaU Stecher May 2011 Abstract Natural disasters are becoming more frequent worldwide and there is growing concern that they may adversely affect short- and long-term health outcomes in developing countries. Prior research has primarily focused on the impact of single large disaster events but very little is known about how small to moderate disasters which are more typical affect population health. In this paper we present one of the first investigations of the impact of small and moderate disasters on childhood morbidity physical growth and immunizations by combining household data from three waves of the Indian National Family and Health Survey with an international database of natural disasters EM-DAT . We find that exposure to a natural disaster in the past month increases the likelihood of