Family planning practices: Examining the link between contraception and child health

Child malnutrition is a significant public health concern in several developing countries. Evidence suggests that family size and children's health outcomes are correlated. We utilize data from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS-5) for India and employ an Instrumental Variable approach to examine the impact of limiting fertility through the use of contraceptives on child health. This is an online repository of all the necessary codes and datasets required to replicate the results in the paper "Family planning practices: Examining the link between contraception and child health". The data is publicly available and accessible from https://dhsprogram.com/data/. We provide detailed instructions on the steps to access the data and to replicate all the tables and figures in the paper.

儿童营养不良是若干发展中国家面临的重大公共卫生议题。现有研究表明，家庭规模与儿童健康结局存在显著相关性。本研究采用印度全国家庭健康调查第五轮（National Family Health Survey-5, NFHS-5）的数据，运用工具变量法（Instrumental Variable），探究通过避孕手段限制生育对儿童健康的影响。本在线仓库包含复现论文"Family planning practices: Examining the link between contraception and child health"中所有结果所需的全部代码与数据集。该数据可公开获取，访问链接为https://dhsprogram.com/data/。我们提供了详尽的操作指南，涵盖数据获取流程以及复现论文中全部表格与图表的具体步骤。