%0 Report
        %A Conti, Gabriella
%A Hansman, Christopher
%A Heckman, James J.
%A Novak, Matthew F.X.
%A Ruggiero, Angela M.
%A Suomi, Stephen J.
        %T Primate Evidence on the Late Health Effects of Early Life Adversity
        %D 2012
        %8 2012 Apr
        %I Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        %C Bonn
        %7 IZA Discussion Paper
        %N 6495
        %U https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp6495
        %X This paper exploits a unique ongoing experiment to analyze the effects of early rearing conditions on physical and mental health in a sample of rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta). We analyze the health records of 231 monkeys which were randomly allocated at birth across three rearing conditions: Mother Rearing, Peer Rearing, and Surrogate Peer Rearing. We show that the lack of a secure attachment relationship in the early years engendered by adverse rearing conditions has detrimental long-term effects on health which are not compensated by a normal social environment later in life.
        %K maternal behavior
%K health
%K rhesus monkeys
%K social deprivation