Gender, family, and the nutritional status of children in three culturally contrasting states of India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 775-790

  Griffiths, Paula ^a,c   Matthews, Zoë ^b   Hinde, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Familial clustering; Gender; India; Weight for age z score

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; GENDER DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INTERVIEWS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

INDIA;

EID: 0036314038     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00202-7     Document Type: Article

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