How parents' education and working status affect the nutrition and immunization status of preschool children in India
How parents' education and working status affect the nutrition and immunization status of preschool children in India作者机构：Biological Anthropology UnitIndian Statistical InstituteKolkata-700108India Economic Research UnitIndian Statistical InstituteKolkata-700108India Sociological Research UnitIndian Statistical InstituteKolkata-700108India
出 版 物：《Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine》 (亚太热带医药杂志（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2008年第1卷第4期
页 面：49-60页
核心收录：
学科分类：1004[医学-公共卫生与预防医学(可授医学、理学学位)] 100404[医学-儿少卫生与妇幼保健学] 10[医学]
主 题：Wasting Immunization Education Mothers working status SLI Preschool children India
摘 要：Objective:The aim of the paper is to see how educational and working status of the parents affect the nutritional and immunization status of preschool children in ***:We have used data of more than 24 000 preschool children spread over different states in *** data were collected by National Family Health Survey(NFHS-2) in *** assessing the nutritional status,only the Z-scores of weight-forheight (WHZ) have been computed and for immunization status,it has been seen whether BCG,DPT3,Polio3 and measles have been *** who fall below -2SD(-3SD) from median are considered to be moderately(severely) ***:According to the NFHS-2 data,70%of children are vaccinated by BCG,50%receive the full course of DPT,54%get all the three dozes of polio and only 42%are protected from measles by vaccination in *** percentages of moderately and severely wasted children in India are 12.1 and 2.8,*** is a marked regional variation of these *** and multivariate analysis clearly points to the need of educational status of mothers rather than fathers for proper nutritional and immunization status of preschool ***’occupation and working status also have some effect,but not so pronounced as parents’***:The Indian preschool children need particular attention for high risk of wasting and low *** prevalence of malnutrition can be arrested more by improving the mother’s education level rather than their fathers and by raising the standard of living of their house-holds.
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