Physical Growth of Czech Children and Some Socio-Economic Factors
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5199803 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jana Vignerová (0000-0002-5607-1321, National Institute of Public Health), Pavel Bláha, L Lholska (1.National Institute of Public Health , Srobarova 48, 100 42, Prague 10, Czech Republic) |
| Year | 1998 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 227-231 |
| Publication date | 1998-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0970-9274 • E-ISSN: 2456-6608 |
| Publisher | Kamla Raj Enterprises (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09709274.1998.11907365 |
| OpenAlex | W2770416951 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
In the 5th Nationwide Anthropological Survey of Children and Adolescents in 1991 (Czech Rcpublic) anthropometric charactenitics of some 3% of the Czech population aged 0-18 years were assessed. The survey comprised also a questionnaire addressed to parents This questionnaire contained. some questions concerning the child’s health status, family background, dietary habits and basic data on the parents. and the family-history. This paper deals with the impact of the number of children in the family, birth order, the mother’s education and size of the community where the child lives, on height and the height-weight ratio of the child. The interaction of the effect of the investigated factors on the mean height and weight-height ratio of the child was tested by multivariate analysis of variance. By using the Z-score of both investigated parameters the effect of age was eliminates. The highly significant effect of different factors on the height and weight-height ratio of the child was confirmed. The interactions of these factors are not significant in any combination. The results were compared with WHO reference data
Anthropometry · Birth order · Czech · Developmental psychology · Environmental health · Only child · Population · Questionnaire · Statistics · Demography · Education, Psychology, and Social Research · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Pediatrics
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,18 |
| Citation span | 2004 - 2017 (14) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |