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Titre :	Short stature and the age of enrolment in Primary School : Studies in two African countries. (1999)
Auteurs :	Partnership for Child Development. GBR
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Social science and medicine (vol. 48, n° 5, 1999)
Pagination :	675-682
Langues:	Anglais
Mots-clés :	Régime alimentaire ; Taille corporelle ; Poids corporel ; Evaluation ; Enfant ; Homme ; Enfant 6 9 ans ; Etude comparée ; Ghana ; Afrique ; Tanzanie
Résumé :	[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST KR0xr80p. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This study compares age at enrolment in Primary School with a range of nutritional measures for 8-9 year old and 12-13 year old children in Ghana (n=1566) and Tanzania (n=1390). The results show that short stature (height-for-age z-score), but not other nutritional variables (weight-for-age and weight-for-height z-scores and haemoglobin concentration). is strongly associated with late enrolment. This relationship holds for both age group. sexes and countries, and is independent of socio-economic status in Tanzania (where this parameter was assessed). The relationship between stature and age-appropriate grade becomes less marked with progression through school, which is compatible with a higher drop out rate for more stunted children. These results suggest an important role for health in education ; that stunted children enrol later in school and are more likely to drop out earlier.

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