Transgenerational health effects of in utero exposure to economic hardship: Evidence from preindustrial Southern Norway.
Econ Hum Biol
; 43: 101060, 2021 12.
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ABSTRACT
We studied whether in utero exposure to economic hardship during a grandmother's pregnancy has a transgenerational effect on her grandchildren's health condition. We used an individual-level three-generation data set covering people born between 1734 and 1840 in the municipality of Rendalen in Norway. We found a culling effect in which grandchildren whose grandmothers gave birth in years of economic hardship lived approximately ten years longer than grandchildren whose mothers were born in years of economic well-being. This impact was only observed among the grandmothers who belong to the lowest social classes. Our results also showed that in higher social classes, economic hardship during a grandmother's pregnancy deteriorated her grandchildren's health by "scarring" the mother's health.
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ECOS
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MEDLINE
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Avós
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Estresse Financeiro
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Female
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Humans
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Pregnancy
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En
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Econ Hum Biol
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BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIAS SOCIAIS
Ano de publicação:
2021
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Article