Weather and Child Health in Rural Nigeria
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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The effect of weather shocks on
children's anthropometrics is investigated using the
two most recent rounds of the Nigeria Demographic and Health
Survey. For this purpose, climate data for each survey
cluster are interpolated using daily weather-station records
from the national network. The findings 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 diarrhea. 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. The paper does not find any
evidence of nonlinear impacts of weather variability on
children's health, suggesting that a moderate increase
in future rainfall variability is not likely to bring
additional health costs. 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.
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AGE GROUPS, AGED, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AIR, ALTITUDE, AMOUNT OF RAINFALL, ANNUAL PRECIPITATION, ARID CLIMATE, AVERAGE RAINFALL, BIRTH WEIGHT, BLINDNESS, BREASTFEEDING, CHILD HEALTH, CHOLERA, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE DATA, CLIMATE MODELING, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATE VARIABLES, CLIMATES, CLIMATIC CONDITIONS, CLIMATOLOGY, CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK, CONSEQUENCE OF CLIMATE CHANGE, CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE, DENGUE, DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC FEVER, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DIARRHEA, DIARRHEAL DISEASES, DISEASE, DISEASE CONTROL, DISEASE OUTBREAKS, DISEASE VECTORS, ECOLOGY, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMICS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE, EPIDEMIC, EPIDEMIOLOGY, EXCESS RAINFALL, EXCESSIVE RAINFALL, EXTREME DROUGHT, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME HEAT, EXTREME PRECIPITATION, EXTREME PRECIPITATION EVENTS, EXTREME TEMPERATURE, EXTREME WEATHER, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, FAMILY PLANNING, FEMALES, FLOODS, FUTURE CLIMATE VARIABILITY, GCM, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL WARMING, HAZARDS, HEALTH INTERVENTIONS, HEALTH OUTCOMES, HEALTH SERVICES, HEALTH SURVEYS, HIGH TEMPERATURES, HUMAN BIOLOGY, HYGIENE, IMMUNE SYSTEM, IMMUNIZATION, IMMUNOLOGY, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACT OF RAINFALL, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INJURIES, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERVENTION, IPCC, LABOR MARKETS, LEPTOSPIROSIS, LIFE EXPECTANCY, LONG-TERM RAINFALL, LONGEVITY, LUNG DISEASE, MALARIA, MALARIA INCIDENCE, MALNUTRITION, MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH, MEDICAL CARE, MEDICAL TREATMENT, MENINGITIS, MIGRATION, MINIMUM TEMPERATURES, MORBIDITY, MORTALITY, NEGATIVE EFFECTS, NEGATIVE IMPACT, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NUTRIENTS, NUTRITION, NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONISTS, OLDER CHILDREN, ONCHOCERCIASIS, ORAL REHYDRATION, ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY, OZONE, PARASITES, PEDIATRICS, PHYSIOLOGY, PLANT GROWTH, PNEUMONIA, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POPULATION DYNAMICS, PP, PREGNANCY, PREVALENCE, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC HEALTH, QUALITY ASSESSMENT, RAIN, RAINFALL, RAINFALL DATA, RAINFALL DEFICIENCIES, RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION, RAINFALL FLUCTUATIONS, RAINFALL PATTERNS, RAINFALL REGIME, RAINFALL VARIABILITY, RAINY SEASON, RAINY SEASONS, RESPIRATORY DISEASE, RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS, RIVER BLINDNESS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, SEASON, SEX, SKIN DISORDERS, STARVATION, STD, STORMS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SYMPTOMS, SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS, TEMPERATURE INCREASE, TEMPERATURE RECORDS, TEMPERATURE VARIATION, TEMPERATURES, THEORETICAL MODELS, TYPHOID, TYPHOID FEVER, VECTORS, WATER-BORNE DISEASE, WATER-BORNE DISEASES, WATERBORNE DISEASES, WEATHER CONDITIONS, WEATHER PATTERNS, WORKERS, YELLOW FEVER