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Socio-Economic and Cultural Influences on Child Growth in Rural Jamaica

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 July 2008

Patricia Desai ,
K. L. Standard  and
W. E. Miall
Patricia Desai
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council's Epidemiology Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
K. L. Standard
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council's Epidemiology Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
W. E. Miall
Affiliation:
Medical Research Council's Epidemiology Unit, University of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica
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Summary

A semi-longitudinal study of growth in children up to 5 years of age in a rural Jamaican community is described. One of its aims was to investigate the relationship between growth and factors in the social environment such as family structure, parental characteristics, housing and income. A strong relationship between growth and socio-economic variables was found. This apparently masked whatever effects the quality of care or separation from parents may have had upon child growth.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Biosocial Science , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , April 1970 , pp. 133 - 143
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1970

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