The Impact of COVID-19 on the Dietary Diversity of Children and Adolescents:Evidence from a Rural/Urban Panel Study

作     者：Yi Cui Wei Si Qiran Zhao Thomas Glauben Xiaolong Feng Yi Cui;Wei Si;Qiran Zhao;Thomas Glauben;Xiaolong Feng

作者机构：College of Economics and ManagementChina Agricultural UniversityChina Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies(IAMO)Germany College of Economics and ManagementAcademy of Global Food Economics and PolicyChina Agricultural UniversityChina 

出 版 物：《China & World Economy》 (中国与世界经济（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2021年第29卷第6期

页      面：53-72页

核心收录：

学科分类：0502[文学-外国语言文学] 0202[经济学-应用经济学] 050201[文学-英语语言文学] 1202[管理学-工商管理] 0201[经济学-理论经济学] 05[文学] 0701[理学-数学] 

基　　金：National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC, (71603261, 71973136) China Agricultural University, CAU, (2021TC101) 

主　　题：COVID-19 dietary diversity urban and rural differences 

摘      要：This paper offers the first empirical evidence of the impact of COVID-19 on dietary diversity among children and adolescents in urban and rural families by using panel data collected in 2019(before COVID-19)and 2020(during COVID-19)in northern *** study uses panel data from 2,201 primary school students and 1,341 junior high-school students to apply the difference in differences(DID)method to estimate the impact of COVID-19 on dietary diversity among students in urban and rural *** found that the dietary diversity score(DDS)of rural students decreased by 0.295 points(p0.01)compared with that of urban students during ***,COVID-19 significantly reduced the frequency of rural students consumption of vegetables by 1.8 percent,protein-rich foods such as soybean products and nuts by 6.0 percent,meats by 4.0 percent,aquatic products by 6.7 percent,and eggs by 5.3 percent,compared with urban ***,COVID-19 had a significant negative effect on the dietary diversity of students from low-and middle-income groups,with the DDS of the low-income group decreasing by 0.31 points(p0.01)and that of the middle-income group by 0.12 points(p0.1).