Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries

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Autor(a) principal: Castro,Ruben
Data de Publicação: 2017
Outros Autores: Fajnzylber,Eduardo
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Resumo: Abstract: The well-known socioeconomic gradient in health does not imply that income inequality by itself has any effect on well-being. However, there is evidence of a positive association between income inequality and adolescent fertility across countries. Nevertheless, this key finding is not focused on low-income countries. This study applies a multilevel logistic regression of country-level adolescent fertility on country-level income inequality plus individual-level income and controls to the Demographic and Health Surveys data. A negative association between income inequality and adolescent fertility was found among low-income countries, controlling for income (OR = 0.981; 95%CI: 0.963-0.999). Different measures and different subsamples of countries show the same results. Therefore, the international association between income inequality and adolescent fertility seems more complex than previously thought.
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spelling Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countriesSocial InequityFertilityDeveloping CountriesAdolescentAbstract: The well-known socioeconomic gradient in health does not imply that income inequality by itself has any effect on well-being. However, there is evidence of a positive association between income inequality and adolescent fertility across countries. Nevertheless, this key finding is not focused on low-income countries. This study applies a multilevel logistic regression of country-level adolescent fertility on country-level income inequality plus individual-level income and controls to the Demographic and Health Surveys data. A negative association between income inequality and adolescent fertility was found among low-income countries, controlling for income (OR = 0.981; 95%CI: 0.963-0.999). Different measures and different subsamples of countries show the same results. Therefore, the international association between income inequality and adolescent fertility seems more complex than previously thought.Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz2017-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X2017000905006Cadernos de Saúde Pública v.33 n.9 2017reponame:Cadernos de Saúde Públicainstname:Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)instacron:FIOCRUZ10.1590/0102-311x00203615info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessCastro,RubenFajnzylber,Eduardoeng2017-09-29T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S0102-311X2017000905006Revistahttp://cadernos.ensp.fiocruz.br/csp/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpcadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br||cadernos@ensp.fiocruz.br1678-44640102-311Xopendoar:2017-09-29T00:00Cadernos de Saúde Pública - Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries
title Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries
spellingShingle Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries
Castro,Ruben
Social Inequity
Fertility
Developing Countries
Adolescent
title_short Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries
title_full Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries
title_fullStr Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries
title_full_unstemmed Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries
title_sort Income inequality and adolescent fertility in low-income countries
author Castro,Ruben
author_facet Castro,Ruben
Fajnzylber,Eduardo
author_role author
author2 Fajnzylber,Eduardo
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Castro,Ruben
Fajnzylber,Eduardo
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Social Inequity
Fertility
Developing Countries
Adolescent
topic Social Inequity
Fertility
Developing Countries
Adolescent
description Abstract: The well-known socioeconomic gradient in health does not imply that income inequality by itself has any effect on well-being. However, there is evidence of a positive association between income inequality and adolescent fertility across countries. Nevertheless, this key finding is not focused on low-income countries. This study applies a multilevel logistic regression of country-level adolescent fertility on country-level income inequality plus individual-level income and controls to the Demographic and Health Surveys data. A negative association between income inequality and adolescent fertility was found among low-income countries, controlling for income (OR = 0.981; 95%CI: 0.963-0.999). Different measures and different subsamples of countries show the same results. Therefore, the international association between income inequality and adolescent fertility seems more complex than previously thought.
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