Parental Separation and Its Impact on Childhood Vaccination: Evidence from Italy

Raffaele Guetto (), Valentina Tocchioni (), Maria Veronica Dorgali () and Alice Dominici ()
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Valentina Tocchioni: Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni "G. Parenti", Università di Firenze, https://www.disia.unifi.it
Maria Veronica Dorgali: Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni "G. Parenti", Università di Firenze, https://www.disia.unifi.it
Alice Dominici: IMT School for Advances Studies, https://www.imtlucca.it/

No 2025_01, Econometrics Working Papers Archive from Universita' degli Studi di Firenze, Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni "G. Parenti"

Abstract: Research on the effects of parental separation on children’s socioeconomic outcomes is extensive, yet little is known about how family disruptions impact adherence to vaccination schedules. This study addresses this gap by investigating the association between parental separation and children's vaccination coverage, using a unique dataset on Italian parents born between 1954 and 1983. A multinomial logistic regression model is used to assess the relationship between parental separation and adherence to the vaccination schedule, accounting for the child’s age at the time of parental break-up. Our results show that children who experience parental separation are less likely to receive all recommended vaccinations and are more likely to receive only mandatory vaccines or none at all. The negative effect is particularly pronounced for children who were younger at the time of separation. Given the rising incidence of family disruptions, these findings have important policy implications for improving vaccination uptake.

Keywords: parental separation; pediatric vaccination; Italy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I14 J12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2025-04
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