An Analysis of Childhood Malnutrition in Rural India: Role of Gender,Income and Other Household Characteristics |
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| Institution: | 1. Coordinación de Registros, Sociedad Española de Nefrología, Spain;2. Organización Nacional de Trasplantes (ONT), Spain;3. Registre de Malalts Renals de Catalunya, Organització Catalana de Trasplantaments, Spain;4. Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain;5. Servicio de Nefrología, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain;6. Sistema de Información de la Coordinación Autonómica de Trasplantes de Andalucía (SICATA), Spain;7. Registre de Malalts Renals de la Comunidad Valenciana (REMRENAL), Spain;8. Rexistro de Enfermos Renais de Galicia (REXER), Spain;9. Registro de Enfermos Renales de Madrid-REMER, Spain;10. Unidad de Información de Pacientes Renales, CA País Vasco (UNIPAR), Spain;11. Registro de Enfermos Renales de Aragón, Spain;12. Registro de Enfermos Renales en Tratamiento Sustitutivo de Castilla-La Mancha, Spain;13. Registro de Enfermos Renales de La Rioja, Spain;14. Registro de Diálisis y Trasplante de Castilla y León, Spain;15. Registro de Enfermedades Renales Crónicas de Asturias (RERCA), Spain;1. Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Estrada Dona Castorina, 110, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22460-320, Brazil;2. FGV/EPGE, Praia de Botafogo, 190, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22250-900, Brazil;3. Ibmec, Av. Presidente Wilson, 118, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 20030-020, Brazil;1. Department of Microbiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;2. Department of Clinical Microbiology, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland;3. Department of Nutrition and Dietetics, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;4. Department of Pharmacy, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland;5. Health Protection Surveillance Centre, Dublin, Ireland;1. IMPAQ International, LLC, USA;2. Department of Nutrition and Health Care Management, Leon Levine Hall of Health Sciences, Appalachian State University, ASU Box # 32168, Boone, NC, 28608, USA;1. Center for Social and Environmental Systems Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Japan;2. Institute of Food and Nutrition Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China;3. Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China |
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| Abstract: | There are controversies regarding the role of individual and household characteristics in childhood nutritional status measured by anthropometric indicators. Using a nutrition index based on weight-for-age of children in rural India, the paper re-examines this issue. Ordered probit estimates of nutritional status suggest female literacy improves the nutritional status of boys at the cost of girls while higher per capita current income improves that of both boys and girls, though the impact is higher for boys; however, effect of income is not robust when we use instruments of longer-run income. But more income and literacy give more ways to discriminate between boys and girls. |
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