The association of parental education with childhood undernutrition in low- and middle-income countries: Comparing the role of paternal and maternal education

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 312-323

  Vollmer, Sebastian ^a,b   Bommer, Christian ^a   Krishna, Aditi ^c   Harttgen, Kenneth ^d   Subramanian, S V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Child undernutrition; Parental education; Stunting; Underweight; Wasting

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOW INCOME COUNTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL ATTITUDE; MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRY; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; COMPLICATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; WASTING SYNDROME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85019701804     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyw133     Document Type: Article

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