"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 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.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Favara, Marta
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper biblioteca
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012-11
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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