Socio‐economic factors associated with child growth in two seasons in an Urban Gambian Community
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14722332 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrew Tomkins (0000-0002-1611-9255, MRC Unit the Gambia, corresponding author), A M Tomkins, Renée Hayes (0000-0002-1729-9892, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), R J Hayes, D Dunn (0000-0003-1836-4446, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine), D T Dunn, Helen Pickering (0000-0003-3384-6646, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 107-116 |
| Publication date | 1986-01-01 |
| 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 | 10.1080/03670244.1986.9990917 |
| OpenAlex | W1990242634 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 6 |
The relationships between nutritional status and 24 social and economic factors were investigated during the dry season and at the end of the rainy season in about 300 children aged 6 to 35 months living in the urban community of Bakau in The Gambia. Height‐for‐age was associated with the style of house and various other factors related to living conditions, the presence of the father in the compound and the parity of the mother. The associations were similar in both seasons. Weight‐for‐age showed similar, though weaker, associations in the rainy season, but there was little relationship between the socio‐economic factors and weight‐for‐age during the dry season. Few children had low weight‐for‐height in this community, and there was little relationship between weight‐for‐height and socio‐economic factors. This study emphasises the need to consider the effect of seasonal variations when assessing the relationship between nutritional status and socio‐economic factors
Biology · Dry season · Geography · Parity (physics · Population · Rural community · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Wet season · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Demography · Ecology
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| Citations per year | 0.21 |
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| Citation span | 1988 - 1997 (10) |
| Highly cited | No |