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 (ENSI...

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Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro
Hoyos, Alejandro
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2010
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Universidad de los Andes
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School attendance
Schooling lag
Nutrition
Micronutrients
Anemia en niños - Aspectos sociales - Colombia
Educación de niños - Aspectos nutricionales - Colombia
Desnutrición infantil - Colombia
I12, I20, O15
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spelling Al consultar y hacer uso de este recurso, está aceptando las condiciones de uso establecidas por los autores.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Gaviria Uribe, Alejandroca823a2f-d6c4-4368-a26a-ba76f5c87187600Hoyos, Alejandro7b2c7dc8-3f63-41b2-82d0-55e0ab6c2d0c6002018-09-27T16:51:08Z2018-09-27T16:51:08Z20101657-5334http://hdl.handle.net/1992/81901657-719110.57784/1992/8190instname:Universidad de los Andesreponame:Repositorio Institucional Sénecarepourl:https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/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.Varios programas sociales en Colombia aspiran a reducir la desnutrición e incrementar la asistencia escolar. A pesar de ello la evidencia sobre la conexión entre los indicadores de nutrición y los de progreso educativo es escasa. A partir de los datos de la Encuesta ENSIN, este trabajo estudia empíricamente el efecto de una mala nutrición (medida, alternativamente, a partir del nivel de hierro en la sangre, la altura y el peso) sobre la asistencia educativa y el rezago escolar. Los resultados muestran que los niños anémicos tienen una mayor probabilidad de estar rezagados, pero no tanto así los niños que sufren de desnutrición crónica y bajo peso. En general la asistencia escolar no aparece estar afectada por ninguno de los indicadores de desnutrición.32 páginasapplication/pdfspaUniversidad de los Andes, Facultad de Economía, CEDEDocumentos CEDE No. 25 Septiembre de 2010https://ideas.repec.org/p/col/000089/007610.htmlAnemia and child education: the case of ColombiaAnemia y progreso escolar de los niños: el caso colombianoDocumento de trabajoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaperhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_8042http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85Texthttps://purl.org/redcol/resource_type/WPSchool attendanceSchooling lagNutritionMicronutrientsAnemia en niños - Aspectos sociales - ColombiaEducación de niños - Aspectos nutricionales - ColombiaDesnutrición infantil - ColombiaI12, I20, O15Facultad de EconomíaPublicationTEXTdcede2010-25.pdf.txtdcede2010-25.pdf.txtExtracted texttext/plain56036https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/3cb01e72-68b1-4d8c-93bf-44166af3557b/download693999290991cfcfbb640f521e6e51fdMD54THUMBNAILdcede2010-25.pdf.jpgdcede2010-25.pdf.jpgIM Thumbnailimage/jpeg3450https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/5a69465b-1377-48ea-8a53-52c054a6e1f6/download74793491f5450252cc1bc4efc8568dffMD55ORIGINALdcede2010-25.pdfdcede2010-25.pdfapplication/pdf424403https://repositorio.uniandes.edu.co/bitstreams/bf6418be-9fce-4964-b7d4-d2929c6bea42/download5674df93ae27c2d07b4cc03a2be48ff2MD511992/8190oai:repositorio.uniandes.edu.co:1992/81902024-06-04 15:48:55.521http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/open.accesshttps://repositorio.uniandes.edu.coRepositorio institucional Sénecaadminrepositorio@uniandes.edu.co
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia
dc.title.alternative.none.fl_str_mv Anemia y progreso escolar de los niños: el caso colombiano
title Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia
spellingShingle Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia
School attendance
Schooling lag
Nutrition
Micronutrients
Anemia en niños - Aspectos sociales - Colombia
Educación de niños - Aspectos nutricionales - Colombia
Desnutrición infantil - Colombia
I12, I20, O15
title_short Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia
title_full Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia
title_fullStr Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia
title_sort Anemia and child education: the case of Colombia
dc.creator.fl_str_mv Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro
Hoyos, Alejandro
dc.contributor.author.none.fl_str_mv Gaviria Uribe, Alejandro
Hoyos, Alejandro
dc.subject.keyword.none.fl_str_mv School attendance
Schooling lag
Nutrition
Micronutrients
topic School attendance
Schooling lag
Nutrition
Micronutrients
Anemia en niños - Aspectos sociales - Colombia
Educación de niños - Aspectos nutricionales - Colombia
Desnutrición infantil - Colombia
I12, I20, O15
dc.subject.armarc.none.fl_str_mv Anemia en niños - Aspectos sociales - Colombia
Educación de niños - Aspectos nutricionales - Colombia
Desnutrición infantil - Colombia
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description 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.
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