Age-Specific Correlates of Child Growth.
Growth faltering describes a widespread phenomenon that height- and weight-for-age of children in developing countries collapse rapidly in the first two years of life. We study age-specific correlates of child nutrition using Demographic and Health Surveys from 56 developing countries to shed light...
| Publicado en: | Demography (Springer Nature) Vol. 53; no. 1; pp. 241 - 268 |
|---|---|
| Autores principales: | , , |
| Formato: | journal article |
| Publicado: |
Springer Nature
Feb2016
|
| Materias: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Ver este registro en EBSCOhost |
| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=112734096&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 112734096 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00703370 DEM jtl: Demography (Springer Nature) issn: 00703370 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2016 vid: 53 iid: 1 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 112734096 10.1007/s13524-015-0449-3 ppf: 241 ppct: 27 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 1.1MB tig: atl: Age-Specific Correlates of Child Growth. aug: au: Rieger, Matthias Trommlerová, Sofia Trommlerová, Sofia Karina affil: International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Erasmus University Rotterdam, Kortenaerkade 12 2518 AX Den Haag The Netherlands Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva Switzerland Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva, Switzerland su: Growth Child development Demography International relations Height measurement Weight measurement Child nutrition Age factors in human body composition Algorithms Comparative studies Research methodology Medical cooperation Nutrition disorders in children Regression analysis Research Surveys Evaluation research sug: subj: Growth Child development Demography International relations International Affairs Foreign affairs Height measurement Weight measurement Child nutrition Age factors in human body composition Algorithms Comparative studies Research methodology Medical cooperation Nutrition disorders in children Regression analysis Research Surveys Evaluation research keyword: Age heterogeneities Child growth Gradient Height-for-age Mother fixed effects Age heterogeneities Child growth Gradient Height-for-age Mother fixed effects ab: Growth faltering describes a widespread phenomenon that height- and weight-for-age of children in developing countries collapse rapidly in the first two years of life. We study age-specific correlates of child nutrition using Demographic and Health Surveys from 56 developing countries to shed light on the potential drivers of growth faltering. Applying nonparametric techniques and exploiting within-mother variation, we find that maternal and household factors predict best the observed shifts and bends in child nutrition age curves. The documented interaction between age and maternal characteristics further underlines the need not only to provide nutritional support during the first years of life but also to improve maternal conditions. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: journal article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
|---|