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Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | Childhood Malnutrition In China: Change Of Inequality In A Decade
Autores: | Chen,   Zhuo; Eastwood,   David B.; Yen,   Steven T.
Data: | 2005-05-13
Ano: | 2005
Palavras-chave: | Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety.
Resumo: | A concentration index methodology to analyze the inequality in childhood malnutrition in China is outlined. Height-for-age z score is used as a measure of childhood malnutrition. Using household survey data from nine Chinese provinces, it is found that per-capita household income, household head's education, urban residence and access to a bus stop reduced malnutrition. Child's age had a nonlinear effect on the malnutrition status. Income growth and access to public transportation reduced the inequality, while rural-urban gap, provincial differentiation, and unequal distribution of household head's education increased inequality in childhood malnutrition. Gender is not a factor in either malnutrition status or inequality. Investments in infrastructure and welfare programs are recommended to reduce the inequality.
Tipo: | Conference Paper or Presentation
Idioma: | Inglês

Identificador:

16196

http://purl.umn.edu/19205

Editor: | AgEcon Search

Relação:

American Agricultural Economics Association&gt;2005 Annual meeting, July 24-27, Providence, RI

Selected Paper 133089

Formato:

30

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