Description: "United We Stand Divided We Fall" : Maternal Social Participation and Children's Nutritional Status in Peru

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"United We Stand Divided We Fall" : Maternal Social Participation and Children's Nutritional Status in Peru

In previous literature, social capital has been hypothesized as a substitute for other forms of capital, such as physical and human capital. This paper contributes to this literature, studying the association between mothers' access to social...

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Main Author:	Favara, Marta
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES ACCESS TO SOCIAL CAPITAL ACTIVE PARTICIPATION ADOLESCENTS ADULT HEALTH AGED ANXIETY BREASTFEEDING CHILD BIRTH CHILD CARE CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD MORTALITY CHILD NUTRITION CHILD REARING CHILD SURVIVAL CHRONIC POVERTY CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIC PARTICIPATION CLUBS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES COMMUNITY ASSOCIATIONS COMMUNITY GROUPS COMMUNITY HEALTH COMMUNITY LIFE COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CULTURAL CHANGE DEMOCRACY DEPRESSION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT OBJECTIVES DEVELOPMENT POLICY DIET DISABILITY DISASTERS DRINKING WATER EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC CHANGE ECONOMIC PRODUCTIVITY ECONOMIC RESOURCES ECONOMIC STATUS EMOTIONAL SUPPORT EPIDEMIOLOGY ETHNIC GROUP ETHNICITY FAMILIES FAMILY BACKGROUND FAMILY MEMBERS FATHERS FORMAL EDUCATION FRIENDS GRASS-ROOTS HEALTH CARE HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH COMMITTEES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH EFFECTS HEALTH FACILITIES HEALTH OUTCOMES HEALTH POLICY HEALTH PROMOTION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH STATISTICS HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM HEALTHY MOTHER HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SIZE HOUSEHOLD SOCIAL CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT HUMAN GROWTH HYGIENE ILLNESSES INCLUSION INCOME INEQUALITY INDIVIDUAL FREEDOMS INFANT INTERVENTION IRON JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY LABOR MARKET LEVEL OF EDUCATION LEVELS OF EDUCATION LIFE CHANCES LIFE CYCLE LIMITED RESOURCES LOCAL POPULATION LOW BIRTH WEIGHT LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES MATERNAL HEALTH MEASURING SOCIAL CAPITAL MEDICAL BULLETIN MENTAL MENTAL HEALTH MIGRATION MORBIDITY MORTALITY MORTALITY DECLINE MOTHER NATURAL DISASTERS NEWBORNS NUMBER OF CHILDREN NURSING NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE OLD AGE PENSION OLDER ADULTS PARENTING PARENTS PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE PEASANTS PEDIATRICS PERMANENT RESIDENCE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PHYSICAL CAPITAL PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT PHYSICAL HEALTH POLICY ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSIONS POLICY FRAMEWORK POLICY RESEARCH POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIANS POOR HEALTH POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT POPULATION ASSOCIATION POPULATION STUDIES PREGNANCY PRIMARY CAREGIVERS PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRESS PUBLIC HEALTH QUALITY SERVICES RADIO RECIPROCITY REFUGEE RELIGIOUS GROUP RELIGIOUS GROUPS RELIGIOUS LEADERS RESOURCE ALLOCATION RISK FACTORS RURAL AREAS RURAL POPULATION RURAL WOMEN SECONDARY EDUCATION SELF-ESTEEM SEX SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL COHESION SOCIAL DYNAMICS SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE SOCIAL INTERACTIONS SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL NORMS SOCIAL PARTICIPATION SOCIAL RELATIONS SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS SOCIAL SCIENCE SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIETY SOCIOECONOMIC DIFFERENCES SOCIOLOGY SPILLOVER STAGES OF LIFE SURVIVAL RATE TELEVISION TRADE UNIONS TRADITIONS UNEDUCATED MOTHERS URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION VOLUNTEER WORK WAR WORKERS WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION YOUNG MOTHERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/11/16952819/united-stand-divided-fall-maternal-social-participation-childrens-nutritional-status-peru http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19933

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Summary:	In previous literature, social capital has been hypothesized as a substitute for other forms of capital, such as physical and human capital. This paper contributes to this literature, studying the association between mothers' access to social capital via participation in community organizations and their children's nutritional status at 1 and 5 years. Using the Peruvian sample of the Young Lives project, this study suggests that, where human capital is scarce, social capital might have important implications for child development. Maternal social capital is positively associated with height at 1 year old for those children whose mothers have no formal education. No significant association is found at 5 years of age.