Journal article
From mother to child: the effects of prenatal maternal passive smoking on academic outcomes in the United States
Journal of public health policy, Vol.39(2), pp.231-244
05/2018
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-018-0122-3
PMID: 29531305
Abstract
This is the first study in the United States to examine the effect of prenatal maternal passive smoking on student learning outcomes. We use a national sample of children in combination with ordinary least squares regression and matching methods to examine this effect. We find evidence that prenatal maternal exposure to secondhand smoke leads to lower academic performance in language/literacy and mathematics in the later years of elementary school, particularly for mothers who did not actively smoke while pregnant. Our results provide persuasive empirical evidence in support of public policies that address prenatal maternal exposure to secondhand smoking.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- From mother to child: the effects of prenatal maternal passive smoking on academic outcomes in the United States
- Creators
- Phuong Nguyen-Hoang - School of Urban and Regional Planning and Public Policy Center, University of Iowa, 344 Jessup Hall, Iowa City, IA, 52242, USA. phuong-nguyen@uiowa.eduRyan Yeung - Urban Policy and Planning, Hunter College, 1644 W, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10065, USA
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Journal of public health policy, Vol.39(2), pp.231-244
- DOI
- 10.1057/s41271-018-0122-3
- PMID
- 29531305
- ISSN
- 0197-5897
- eISSN
- 1745-655X
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2018
- Academic Unit
- Public Policy Center (Archive); School of Planning and Public Affairs
- Record Identifier
- 9984083225402771
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