Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001)
This paper presents the socio-economic profile of households in the Family Dynamics Study (FDS) (1997-2001) and makes comparisons with the earlier Functional Groups Study (FGS) (1992-1996). For the current study, FGS villages with a high prevalence of child malnutrition were purposively selected....
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| author | Leng, Chee Heng Lin, Khor Geok Arshad, Fatimah Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Manan Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Abdullah, Rohani Bidin, Siti Jamilah Emby, Zahid Mohd Marjan, Zamaliah |
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| description | This paper presents the socio-economic profile of households in the Family Dynamics Study
(FDS) (1997-2001) and makes comparisons with the earlier Functional Groups Study (FGS)
(1992-1996). For the current study, FGS villages with a high prevalence of child malnutrition
were purposively selected. In each village selected, all households were included, and interviews
with a structured questionnaire were conducted in April-May 1998. Incomes were generally low
and incidence of poverty was high; 49.6% of the households were under the poverty line income,
of which 37.2% were poor and 12.4% were hard core poor. Overall, only 23.2% of heads of
households were in agricultural occupations, others being primarily waged workers and petty
traders. Livestock rearing was widespread (57.8%), and most households (90.4%) owned at least
one motorised vehicle, the most common being the motorcycle. The majority of households had
refrigerators (73.6%), washing machines (58.8%), and televisions (91.1%); but telephones
(42.2%), mobile phones (6.1%) and computers (2.3%) were less common. Although 99.7% of
households had electricity supply and 95.1% had either a flush or pour flush latrine, only 57.4%
had piped water supply. In comparison to the FGS, poverty in the current study is lower (49.6%
of FDS households are poor compared to 55.2% of FGS households), the proportion of
household heads in agricultural occupations is also lower (26.9% compared to 55.3%), while all
other socioeconomic indicators were better, except for piped water supply, which remains
inadequate for households in the current study.
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| spelling | upm-70292010-06-02T06:37:00Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7029/ Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001) Leng, Chee Heng Lin, Khor Geok Arshad, Fatimah Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Manan Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Abdullah, Rohani Bidin, Siti Jamilah Emby, Zahid Mohd Marjan, Zamaliah This paper presents the socio-economic profile of households in the Family Dynamics Study (FDS) (1997-2001) and makes comparisons with the earlier Functional Groups Study (FGS) (1992-1996). For the current study, FGS villages with a high prevalence of child malnutrition were purposively selected. In each village selected, all households were included, and interviews with a structured questionnaire were conducted in April-May 1998. Incomes were generally low and incidence of poverty was high; 49.6% of the households were under the poverty line income, of which 37.2% were poor and 12.4% were hard core poor. Overall, only 23.2% of heads of households were in agricultural occupations, others being primarily waged workers and petty traders. Livestock rearing was widespread (57.8%), and most households (90.4%) owned at least one motorised vehicle, the most common being the motorcycle. The majority of households had refrigerators (73.6%), washing machines (58.8%), and televisions (91.1%); but telephones (42.2%), mobile phones (6.1%) and computers (2.3%) were less common. Although 99.7% of households had electricity supply and 95.1% had either a flush or pour flush latrine, only 57.4% had piped water supply. In comparison to the FGS, poverty in the current study is lower (49.6% of FDS households are poor compared to 55.2% of FGS households), the proportion of household heads in agricultural occupations is also lower (26.9% compared to 55.3%), while all other socioeconomic indicators were better, except for piped water supply, which remains inadequate for households in the current study. Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2002 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/7029/1/mjn8n1_art2.pdf Leng, Chee Heng and Lin, Khor Geok and Arshad, Fatimah and Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Manan and Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and Abdullah, Rohani and Bidin, Siti Jamilah and Emby, Zahid and Mohd Marjan, Zamaliah (2002) Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001). Malaysian Journal of Nutrition, 8 (1). pp. 13-31. ISSN 1394-035X http://nutriweb.org.my English |
| spellingShingle | Leng, Chee Heng Lin, Khor Geok Arshad, Fatimah Wan Muda, Wan Abdul Manan Shabdin, Ahmad Affendi Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi Abdullah, Rohani Bidin, Siti Jamilah Emby, Zahid Mohd Marjan, Zamaliah Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001) |
| title | Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family
Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001) |
| title_full | Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family
Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001) |
| title_fullStr | Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family
Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family
Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001) |
| title_short | Nutritional Assessment of Pre-School Children in Rural Villages of the Family
Dynamics, Lifestyles and Nutrition Study (1997-2001) |
| title_sort | nutritional assessment of pre-school children in rural villages of the family
dynamics, lifestyles and nutrition study (1997-2001) |
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