title: The effects of housing and neighborhood conditions on child mortality.
abstract: In this paper we estimate the causal effects on child mortality from moving into less distressed neighborhood environments. We match mortality data covering the period from 1997 to 2009 with information on every child in public housing that applied for a housing voucher in Chicago in 1997 (N=11,680). Families were randomly assigned to the voucher wait list, and only some families were offered vouchers. The odds ratio for the effects of being offered a housing voucher on overall mortality rates is equal to 1.13 for all children (95% CI 0.73-1.70), 1.34 for boys (95% CI 0.85-2.05) and 0.21 for girls (95% CI 0.01-1.04).
authors.affiliation: University of Michigan, USA.
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.forename: Jens
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002641:Chicago / Q000453:epidemiology; D002648:Child; D046688:Child Mortality; D005260:Female; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011204:Poverty Areas; D011638:Public Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012111:Residence Characteristics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014505:Urban Population / Q000706:statistics & numerical data