Anemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia

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dc.contributor.authorAlejandro Gaviría
dc.contributor.authorAlejandro Hoyos
dc.coverage.spatialBolivia
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-22T15:03:13Z
dc.date.available2026-03-22T15:03:13Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.descriptionCitaciones: 9
dc.description.abstractWelfare 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.
dc.identifier.doi10.13043/dys.68.2
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.13043/dys.68.2
dc.identifier.urihttps://andeanlibrary.org/handle/123456789/50105
dc.language.isoen
dc.relation.ispartofRevista Desarrollo y Sociedad
dc.sourceUniversidad de Los Andes
dc.subjectMalnutrition
dc.subjectAnthropometry
dc.subjectAttendance
dc.subjectEnvironmental health
dc.subjectWelfare
dc.subjectAnemia
dc.subjectNutrition Education
dc.subjectMedicine
dc.subjectGerontology
dc.subjectGeography
dc.titleAnemia and Child Education: The Case of Colombia
dc.typearticle

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