scholarly and program interest in the effects of household and neighborhood living standards on health. Yet very few studies of … developing-country cities have examined these issues. This paper investigates whether in these cities, the health of women and … some 85 Demographic and Health surveys, and modelling living standards using factor-analytic MIMIC methods, we find, first …

Salvador, Mexico and Uruguay. We experimentally evaluate the impact of a housing project run by the NGO TECHO which provides … program is to improve household well-being. Our findings show that better houses have a positive effect on overall housing … improvements in children’s health; in El Salvador, slum dwellers also feel that they are safer. We do not find this result, however …

quality of life is compared across groups, with ‘housing and infrastructure’ and ‘social relationships’ explaining the …

We estimate the effects of early childhood malaria exposure on education and health at older ages by exploiting … to worse mental and physical health outcomes in old age as reflected in particular in worse cognitive function, a higher …

This study analyses and compares child health in Pakistan, Peru, Jamaica, Russia and South Africa. These countries … health, and in the nature and magnitude of the effects of its determinants. …

This paper investigates the changes to health care facilities and the nutritional status of Black children during the …