Browsing by Author "Mendoza, Catrina Joy D."
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Item Restricted Urbanization and child nutrition in the Philippines(2006-11) Bacud, Kristina M.; Mendoza, Catrina Joy D.This study aims to examine the determinants of child nutritional status in the Philippines. Analysis using cross-regional socioeconomic data and the 2001 National Nutrition Survey (NNS) results were employed to ascertain the determinants of child nutritional status and verify whether urbanization is one of them. This study also discusses urban- rural differences in child nutritional status. Results from this study reveal that population density, poverty incidence, regional gross domestic product per capita, women's education, women's relative status to men, median duration of breastfeeding, and per capita food supply play significant roles in determining a child's nutritional status. However, the number of hospitals, a measure of household's access to health care, is found to be insignificant in this study. Children in urban regions are found to be of better nutritional status than children in rural regions suggesting the need for the government to intensify its programs that seek to improve the nutritional status of children in rural regions.