1. Child Under-weight and Agricultural Productivity in India.
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Vepa, Swarna Sadasivam, Viswanathan, Brinda, R. V., Bhavani, and Parasar, Rohit
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MALNUTRITION in children , *AGRICULTURAL productivity , *CHILD mortality , *WATER supply , *NUTRITION disorders - Abstract
A recent global hunger index indicated a 12 percent decline in child underweight rates. This study attempts an empirical explanation of the factors that influence child underweight rates at the district level. Agricultural land productivity, share of women educated above the secondary level and participating in work, maternal, and child health seem to contribute to the reduction in child underweight. However government health and water supply facilities turn out to be ineffective. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2015
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