NCT01412580

In Utero Capacity Formation and Socio-economic Outcomes

The Contribution of Health in Utero to Capacity Formation, Education and Economic Outcomes: Experimental Evidence From Tanzania

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 4,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Harvard University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 49 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Because of the high returns of schooling in developing countries, policymakers pay a lot of attention to increasing school access. But if the mother is deficient in key micronutrients, brain development can biologically constrain children's demand for education. To execute this strategy, the investigators collect cohort observational data on a previous randomized controlled trial with micronutrient supplements offered to HIV-negative pregnant women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, between 2001 to 2003.

Detailed description

This is a cohort study which collected follow-up observational data on households which were offered micronutrient supplements. The followup study outcomes include various socio-economic household characteristics and parental post-natal behaviors.

Conditions

• Folic Acid Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	observational follow-up	observational follow-up

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-04-01
• Primary completion: 2012-09-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2011-08-09
• Last updated: 2019-08-07

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Tanzania