Intrahousehold resource allocation and child growth in Mozambique: An ethnographic case-control study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 83-97

  Pfeiffer, James ^a   Gloyd, Stephen ^b   Li, Lucy Ramirez ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b School of Public Policy   (United States)

^c HEALTH ALLIANCE INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Case control study; Child nutrition; Gender; Income; Intrahousehold resource allocation; Mozambique

Indexed keywords

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DECISION MAKING; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RURAL AREA;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MOZAMBIQUE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MOZAMBIQUE; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR;

MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 0034998598     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(00)00311-7     Document Type: Article

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