[Impact of maternal income on the nutrients intake of preschool children--a case study in 8 provinces of China].
The data of this study are based on the project "China Health and Nutrition Survey" carried out in 8 provinces of China from 1989 to 1998 in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. Totally, 1180 and 916 mother-child pairs aged 2-6 were investigated in 1991 and 1993 respectively. Descriptive and stratified analysis is applied to investigate the impact of maternal income on the nutrients intake of children. It is found that the nutrients intake of children in higher maternal income group is greater than that in lower maternal income group. After adjusting for family income, the results show that the more contribution of the mother's income to the family, the more nutrients intake of their children, especially in lower income families. It is illustrated that the income of mother may be more important for children's dietary status than that of other members of the family.
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Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China.
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Jin
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D000818:Animals; D002642:Chick Embryo; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D009034:Mother-Child Relations; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D012494:Sampling Studies