Child malnutrition and land ownership in Southern Brazil
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14722118 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cesar G Victora (0000-0002-2465-2180, Secretaria do Meio Ambiente, corresponding author), J Patrick Vaughan (Secretaria do Meio Ambiente), Burton Kirkwood (0000-0001-5274-6072, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Betty Kirkwood, José Carlos Martines (Korea Institute of Science & Technology Evaluation and Planning), Lucio B Barcelos (London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 265-275 |
| Publication date | 1986-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ecology of Food and Nutrition (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0367-0244 • E-ISSN: 1543-5237 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03670244.1986.9990931 |
| OpenAlex | W2083329449 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
The geographical distribution of infant mortality rates (IMRs) in the Brazilian State of Rio Grande do Sul follows closely the pattern of land tenure, with high IMRs in districts of large ranches and lower rates in districts of small fanns. A household anthropometric survey of 802 children aged 12 to 35.9 months living in two districts with contrasting IMRs and land tenure patterns revealed that prevalences of protein‐energy malnutrition were consistent with these differentials. The survey showed that children in the district with large ranches were more likely to present with stunting, wasting and underweight than those in the small‐farms district. When the analysis was restricted to rural children, these differentials were even wider — 4‐fold for length for age and 13‐fold for weight for age. Children of labourers were more likely to be malnourished than those of landowners, while children of sharecroppers presented intermediate levels. On the other hand, among children of landowners, there was no association between the area of land owned by the family and malnutrition, or according to whether most of the food consumed was home grown or not
Agriculture · Anthropometry · Body mass index · Economics · Geography · Land tenure · Malnutrition · Socioeconomics · Underweight · Wasting · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Medicine
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1991 - 2016 (26) |
| Highly cited | No |