Differences in nutritional outcomes between Brazilian white and black children.
This paper analyzes whether differences in nutritional outcomes between white and black children are related to disparities in socioeconomic status and how improvements in nutritional indicators for each racial group over time are associated with changes in household income, parent's education and other socioeconomic attributes. According to the results, the gap in anthropometric measures would be substantially reduced if black and white children had similar characteristics. Evidence also shows that better economic and social attributes explain only a small part of the large improvement in nutritional measures verified between 2002-2003 and 2008-2009 for both racial groups.
Instituto de Pesquisa Economica Aplicada, Av. Presidente Antonio Carlos, 51(1409), Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 20020-010, Brazil. mauricio.reis@ipea.gov.br
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D001837:Body Weights and Measures; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009749:Nutrition Surveys / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009752:Nutritional Status; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors