Do unwanted children face growth penalties in resource poor environments? Evidence from Roma Settlements in Serbia
Апстракт
In a high fertility context, research on the relationship between parental investment, unwanted births and child nutritional outcomes is limited. The implications may be especially relevant for children coming from the most disadvantaged backgrounds and at increased risk of nutritional deprivation. This study assessed the association between maternal investment, unwanted births disaggregated into mistimed and unwanted children, and child nutritional outcomes in a poor population of Serbian Roma. Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys rounds 5 and 6 data for Serbian Roma settlements were used to account for the association between two measures of maternal investment: weight at birth and parity, and mistimed and unwanted children, and children height-for-age z-score (HAZ), weight-for-age z score (WAZ) and weight-for- height z-score (WHZ). The sample included 130 children aged 0-24 months. The child variables were age, gender, and birth order, while maternal independent variables included age..., literacy and access to improved toilet facility as proxies for socioeconomic status. Children born with low birth weight (lower maternal investment in utero) face a significant deficit in terms of their nutritional outcomes, measured by HAZ and WAZ. The effect was aggravated for height if the child was unwanted while there was a positive relationship between access to improved toilet facility and WHZ. Unwanted children were of higher birth order, with older, higher parity mothers than mistimed children. Many of the Roma children may be at risk of undernutrition, however, Roma children who received lower maternal investment in utero, unwanted and living in poorest households may face additional risk.
Кључне речи:
unwanted children / height / Roma / child nutritionИзвор:
Journal of Biosocial Science, 2022, 1-11Издавач:
- Cambridge University Press
Финансирање / пројекти:
- Министарство науке, технолошког развоја и иновација Републике Србије, институционално финансирање - 200173 (Етнографски институт САНУ, Београд) (RS-MESTD-inst-2020-200173)
URI
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/do-unwanted-children-face-growth-penalties-in-resource-poor-environments-evidence-from-roma-settlements-in-serbia/9ED157B1C6C54B11D7FA3B1EF18C02DFhttps://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/13869
Институција/група
Етнографски институт САНУ / Institute of Ethnography SASATY - JOUR AU - Čvorović, Jelena PY - 2022 UR - https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-biosocial-science/article/do-unwanted-children-face-growth-penalties-in-resource-poor-environments-evidence-from-roma-settlements-in-serbia/9ED157B1C6C54B11D7FA3B1EF18C02DF UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/13869 AB - In a high fertility context, research on the relationship between parental investment, unwanted births and child nutritional outcomes is limited. The implications may be especially relevant for children coming from the most disadvantaged backgrounds and at increased risk of nutritional deprivation. This study assessed the association between maternal investment, unwanted births disaggregated into mistimed and unwanted children, and child nutritional outcomes in a poor population of Serbian Roma. Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys rounds 5 and 6 data for Serbian Roma settlements were used to account for the association between two measures of maternal investment: weight at birth and parity, and mistimed and unwanted children, and children height-for-age z-score (HAZ), weight-for-age z score (WAZ) and weight-for- height z-score (WHZ). The sample included 130 children aged 0-24 months. The child variables were age, gender, and birth order, while maternal independent variables included age, literacy and access to improved toilet facility as proxies for socioeconomic status. Children born with low birth weight (lower maternal investment in utero) face a significant deficit in terms of their nutritional outcomes, measured by HAZ and WAZ. The effect was aggravated for height if the child was unwanted while there was a positive relationship between access to improved toilet facility and WHZ. Unwanted children were of higher birth order, with older, higher parity mothers than mistimed children. Many of the Roma children may be at risk of undernutrition, however, Roma children who received lower maternal investment in utero, unwanted and living in poorest households may face additional risk. PB - Cambridge University Press T2 - Journal of Biosocial Science T1 - Do unwanted children face growth penalties in resource poor environments? Evidence from Roma Settlements in Serbia SP - 1 EP - 11 DO - 10.1017/S0021932022000335 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13869 ER -
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Čvorović, J.. (2022). Do unwanted children face growth penalties in resource poor environments? Evidence from Roma Settlements in Serbia. in Journal of Biosocial Science Cambridge University Press., 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932022000335 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13869
Čvorović J. Do unwanted children face growth penalties in resource poor environments? Evidence from Roma Settlements in Serbia. in Journal of Biosocial Science. 2022;:1-11. doi:10.1017/S0021932022000335 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13869 .
Čvorović, Jelena, "Do unwanted children face growth penalties in resource poor environments? Evidence from Roma Settlements in Serbia" in Journal of Biosocial Science (2022):1-11, https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932022000335 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13869 .