Lia Fernald|Paul Gertler|Xiaohui Hou
Cash Component of Conditional Cash Transfer Program Is Associated with Higher Body Mass Index and Blood Pressure in Adults
University of California, Berkeley|University of California, Berkeley|World Bank
cash component oportunidades large conditional cash transfer cct program mexico previously shown associated better outcomes child growth development objective analysis determine whether cash transfers also associated positive outcomes adult health oportunidades originally randomized across 506 rural 2500 inhabitants communities assigned immediate incorporation program 1997 incorporation 18 mo later adults n 1649 early n 2039 late intervention aged 1865 assessed 2003 households included analysis reported complied oportunidadess requirements entire period received higher cumulative cash transfers living communities randomized begin receiving transfers earlier andor accumulated cash faster rate schoolaged children baseline primary findings doubling cumulative cash transfers household associated higher bmi 083 95 ci 046 120 p 00001 higher diastolic blood pressure 119 95 ci 009 229 p 003 higher prevalence overweight odds ratio 141 95 ci 118 167 p 00001 grade obesity 141 95 ci 114 175 p 0002 grade ii obesity 157 95 ci 105 236 p 003 controlling wide range covariates including household composition baseline oportunidades portrayed model cct programs worldwide results reported support notion cash component oportunidades may negatively associated adult health outcomes