How Important is Parental Education for Child Nutrition?

World Development

Volumn 94, Issue , 2017, Pages 448-464

  Alderman, Harold ^a   Headey, Derek D ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

parental education; schooling quality; stunting; undernutrition

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; HEALTH EDUCATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEAST SQUARES METHOD; NUTRITION; RETURNS TO EDUCATION; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 85016031112     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2017.02.007     Document Type: Article

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