Department of Economics, University of Colorado Denver, Campus Box 181, Denver, CO, 80217, USA.
Demography. 2018 Feb;55(1):319-340. doi: 10.1007/s13524-017-0639-2.
This study examines the relationship between exposure to violent crime in utero and birth weight using longitudinal data from a household survey conducted in Mexico. Controlling for selective migration and fertility, the results suggest that early gestational exposure to the recent escalation of the Mexican Drug War is associated with a substantial decrease in birth weight. This association is especially pronounced among children born to mothers of low socioeconomic status and among children born to mothers who score poorly on a mental health index.
本研究使用墨西哥进行的一项家庭调查的纵向数据，考察了胎儿期暴露于暴力犯罪与出生体重之间的关系。在控制选择性迁移和生育率的情况下，研究结果表明，在妊娠早期暴露于墨西哥毒品战争的近期升级与出生体重显著下降有关。这种关联在社会经济地位较低的母亲所生的儿童和心理健康指数得分较低的母亲所生的儿童中尤为明显。
