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dc.contributor.authorHimaz, Rozanaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-27T13:53:50Z
dc.date.available2016-01-27T13:53:50Z
dc.date.issued01/07/2009en
dc.identifier.citationHimaz, R. (2009) Persistent Stunting in Middle Childhood: The Case of Andhra Pradesh Using Longitudinal Data. IDS Bulletin 40(4): 30-38en
dc.identifier.issn1759-5436en
dc.identifier.urihttps://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/8097
dc.description.abstractThis article looks at what observable characteristics influence a child being persistently stunted, moving from being stunted or moving into being stunted in middle childhood, between 7 and 12, using longitudinal data for Andhra Pradesh. It finds the key factors that help a child move out of being stunted are mother's education and coming from the more prosperous region of Coastal Andhra. In contrast, the key factors that pushed a child into being stunted were the child being a girl and being a younger sibling. We also find that children who moved out of being stunted consume a diet higher in protein and micronutrients than others. The article suggests that even if a child starts middle childhood with significant shortfalls in height accrued from earlier on in life, nutritional interventions and adult female education may have a positive impact on linear growth and perhaps mitigate consequences of early age stunting.en
dc.format.extent9en
dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofseriesIDS Bulletin Vol. 40 Nos. 4en
dc.rights.urihttp://www.ids.ac.uk/files/dmfile/IDSOpenDocsStandardTermsOfUse.pdfen
dc.titlePersistent Stunting in Middle Childhood: The Case of Andhra Pradesh Using Longitudinal Dataen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.rights.holder© 2009 The Author. Journal compilation © Institute of Development Studiesen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1759-5436.2009.00056.xen


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