title: A measurement scale for the parental underinvestment concept.
abstract: "The concept of parental underinvestment was used by Scrimshaw (1978) to explain infant and childhood mortality where a biological explanation was lacking.  This report describes an underinvestment scale developed and tested in the Philippines.  No previous scale had been developed to test the underinvestment concept.  Reliability and validity of the scale are reported along with recommendations for improvement of the scale and an expansion of the parental underinvestment concept to explain outcomes other than mortality."
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Ballweg
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pagtolun-an
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia; D001210:Asia, Southeastern; D002648:Child; D003710:Demography; D003906:Developing Countries; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005195:Family Relations; D005376:Financial Management; D015276:Health Care Rationing; D007226:Infant Mortality; D007449:Investments; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D010290:Parents; D010679:Philippines; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012106:Research; D012107:Research Design; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic
keywords: Age Factors; Asia; Child; Child Mortality; Child Worth; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Differential Mortality; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Error Sources; Estimation Technics; Evaluation; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Relationships; Financial Activities; Infant Mortality; Intergenerational Transfers; Investments; Measurement; Microeconomic Factors; Models, Theoretical; Mortality; Parents; Philippines; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Reliability; Research Methodology; Resource Allocation; Social Welfare; Socioeconomic Factors; Southeastern Asia; Youth