Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia

Welfare programs in Colombia have been focused on reducing malnutrition and hunger and on increasing school attendance rates. However, there is not much evidence on the hypothesized relationship between nutrition and education. 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 lagging behind in school. Malnutrition, defined by anthropometric measures, does not have an impact on schooling lags. School attendance seems to be unrelated to nutrition measures. The results are consistent under different specifications.

• Autores: Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro; Hoyos, Alejandro
• Tipo de recurso: Work document
• Fecha de publicación: 2010
• Institución: Universidad de los Andes
• Repositorio: Séneca: repositorio Uniandes
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/8190
• Acceso en línea: http://hdl.handle.net/1992/8190
• Palabra clave: School attendance; Schooling lag; Nutrition; Micronutrients; Anemia en niños - Aspectos sociales - Colombia; Educación de niños - Aspectos nutricionales - Colombia; Desnutrición infantil - Colombia; I12, I20, O15
• Rights: openAccess
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/