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Despite recent improvements in economic performance, undernutrition rates in Africa appear to have improved much less … growth and reductions of child undernutrition in Africa. We do this by pooling all DHS surveys for African countries, control … for other correlates of undernutrition, and add country-level GDP per capita. We find that increases in GDP per capita are …
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, riboflavin, thiamin, and vitamins A, C, D, and E 100 of Kenyan school children (6-9 years) within a multivariate longitudinal … framework. The explanatory variables were socioeconomic and background variables, children's body mass index, and maternal … controlling for unobserved between-children differences. The main finding is that while maternal education was usually not a …
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When other measures for material welfare are scarce or unreliable, the use of average stature and body mass index (BMI) values is common. BMI reflects the current difference between calories consumed, calories required for work, and to withstand the physical environment. This study evaluates...
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Life evaluations and emotional states are distinct subjective well-being (SWB) components. We explore the relationship between opportunities and SWB dimensions, distinguishing between actual capabilities and means (education, employment, and income) and perceived opportunities (autonomy and...
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Economic development and inequality is known to have an impact on health outcomes. We show this to be true in India …
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biological mechanism, which are validated with micro-data from India, Indonesia and Ghana can jointly explain inter …
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