Data on 350 primary school age children from subsistence farm households in the Terai (southern plains) region of Nepal are analyzed to assess the relationship between nutritional status and school participation. Only 15 percent reported attending school. Nutritional status, particularly as measured by percent of median height-for-age, was found to be a significant determinant of both enrollment in school and age-adjusted grade attainment. It is concluded...
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1986/01/01
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Article de revue
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REP379
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2010/07/12
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Disclosed
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Childhood malnutrition and schooling in the Terai region of Nepal
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Population and Human Resources
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