Maternal Work and Child-Care Strategies in Peri-Urban Guatemala: Nutritional Effects.

Engle, Patrice L.

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ERIC Number: EJ436483

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Publication Date: 1991

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Maternal Work and Child-Care Strategies in Peri-Urban Guatemala: Nutritional Effects.

Engle, Patrice L.

Child Development, v62 n5 p954-65 Oct 1991

A study of 8 to 35 month olds found that informally employed mothers had more undernourished children than did formally employed or nonworking mothers. With maternal education controlled for, no effects of maternal employment on children's growth patterns were found. Percentage of family income earned by the mother was associated with children's growth patterns. (BC)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Body Height, Body Weight, Day Care, Developing Nations, Educational Attainment, Employed Parents, Family Income, Foreign Countries, Mothers, Nutrition, Physical Development, Poverty, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Guatemala

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