Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia

Welfare programs in Colombia have focused on both reducing malnutrition and hunger and increasing school attendance. But there is not much evidence on the hypothesized relationship between nutrition status and schooling outcomes. Using the National Survey of Nutritional Status in Colombia – 2005 (en...

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Main Authors: Alejandro Gaviria, Alejandro Hoyos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de los Andes (Bogotá) 2011-12-01
Series:Desarrollo y Sociedad
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Online Access:http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/revistadys/68/02_Anemia.pdf
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description Welfare programs in Colombia have focused on both reducing malnutrition and hunger and increasing school attendance. But there is not much evidence on the hypothesized relationship between nutrition status and schooling outcomes. Using the National Survey of Nutritional Status in Colombia – 2005 (ensin) and the Demographic and Health Survey – 2005 (dhs), this paper estimates the impact of nutrition on schooling outcomes. The results suggest that anemic children have a higher probability of being overage in school. Malnutrition, defined by anthropometric measures, does not have an impact on the probability of being overage. School attendance seems to be unrelated to nutrition measures. The results are consistent under different specifications.
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spelling doaj.art-3979ae483d3649e281a466d61a335eae2022-12-21T19:57:50ZengUniversidad de los Andes (Bogotá)Desarrollo y Sociedad0120-35841900-77602011-12-016814778Anemia and Child Education: The Case of ColombiaAlejandro GaviriaAlejandro HoyosWelfare programs in Colombia have focused on both reducing malnutrition and hunger and increasing school attendance. But there is not much evidence on the hypothesized relationship between nutrition status and schooling outcomes. Using the National Survey of Nutritional Status in Colombia – 2005 (ensin) and the Demographic and Health Survey – 2005 (dhs), this paper estimates the impact of nutrition on schooling outcomes. The results suggest that anemic children have a higher probability of being overage in school. Malnutrition, defined by anthropometric measures, does not have an impact on the probability of being overage. School attendance seems to be unrelated to nutrition measures. The results are consistent under different specifications.http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/revistadys/68/02_Anemia.pdfSchool attendanceoveragenutritionmicronutrients.
spellingShingle Alejandro Gaviria
Alejandro Hoyos
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School attendance
overage
nutrition
micronutrients.
title Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia
title_full Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia
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title_full_unstemmed Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia
title_short Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia
title_sort anemia and child education the case of colombia
topic School attendance
overage
nutrition
micronutrients.
url http://economia.uniandes.edu.co/revistadys/68/02_Anemia.pdf
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