A longitudinal study of height gaps among Mexican children: Disparities and social inequity.

ABSTRACT:

Rationale

Health outcomes such as height are important determinants of social inequities.

Objective

We assess height gaps in Mexico among boys and girls from distinct subpopulation groups over time.

Method

We use longitudinal data from the first three waves of the Mexican Family Life Survey (MxFLS) to analyze children's height differentials by gender and by indigenous and poverty status over 7-10 years. We control for children's characteristics, household factors, and mother's height and use the Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition method to explain disparities in children's height across the three waves of the MxFLS.

Results

The main findings suggest that height inequalities among indigenous and extremely poor boys and girls, compared with their non-indigenous and les

SUBMITTER: Vilar-Compte M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8343967 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature