Socioeconomic determinants of child nutritional status in rural and tribal India
Socioeconomic determinants of child nutritional status in rural and tribal India
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印度农村和部落儿童营养状况的社会经济决定因素
DOI：
10.1080/03670244.1989.9991086
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发表时间：
1989
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
T. Gopaldas
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作者：
P. Christian;R. Abbi;S. Gujral;T. Gopaldas
测量了印度古吉拉特邦Panchmahals地区农村和部落村庄的4223名儿童（0-72个月）的体重，并表示为NCHS中位数的百分比。家庭的社会经济地位进行了评估，采访了户主。评估母亲的营养知识，以确定其对儿童营养状况的影响。分别对男孩和女孩的社会经济、母亲和儿童因素的平均年龄体重差异进行了检查。家庭人均月收入、母亲营养知识、生育间隔时间、儿童年龄与男女儿童营养状况均呈显著相关。母亲的识字率只影响男孩的体重。以性别为自变量，采用相同的因素建立的多元逐步回归模型显示，母亲的营养知识得分、儿童年龄、人均月收入、性别依次与儿童的营养状况呈显著相关。
Weight of 4223 children (0–72 months of age) of rural and tribal villages of Panchmahals district (Gujarat State, India) was measured and expressed as percent of the NCHS median. Household socioeconomic status was assessed by interviewing the head of the family. Nutrition knowledge of mothers was evaluated to determine its effect on the nutritional status of their children. Difference in mean weight for age for socioeconomic, maternal and child factors was examined separately for boys and girls. Per capita monthly family income, nutrition knowledge of mothers, birth interval and age of children were significantly related to nutritional status of both boys and girls. Literacy of mothers affected boys’ weight only. A stepwise multivariate regression model using the same factors for boys and girls with sex an additional independent variable showed that mothers’ nutrition knowledge score, children's age, per capita monthly income and sex, in that order, were significantly related to the nutritional status of ...